Once such a concept is revealed to us by way of a definition capable of identifying and distinguishing this concept from others, the unknown word is immediately transformed from a meaningless sound or letter arrangement into a meaningful entity. (Malafouris, 96)

The concept of three-D printing was once a new and unfamiliar concept, one that some people in the class thought that they would never be able to master. To quote Ben Russell from our artist lecture series, “Everything starts as something you don’t understand.” Learning something new opens up whole new worlds of areas of interest, of mastery, and of possibility. At first we saw printing as something intimidating, something easy to learn and hard to master, but really, the only way to grow and broaden your horizons is to open the door and go through. Learning anything new is always a challenge but the hardest part is accepting that you don’t fully understand something yet but you want to know.