Muscular Dystrophy Flat Spoon

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I made this spoon for Elsha, with measurements she gave me. She suffers from muscular dystrophy since her birth and reached out for help via our forums (http://www.thingiverse.com/groups/things-with-actual-uses/topic:11607#comment-1236363). The disease degenerates a patients muscles over time, Elsha has this disease since her birth. She is doing a lot of artwork with only her head(https://www.facebook.com/u2elshanator). When I first got her spoon measurements I thought someone was making fun of me, but Elsha reached out for me via Facebook where I saw pictures of her and then everything made sense to me. This is the printed prototypes, luckily I recently got a Form2 to print this delicate design. Here is a video of the spoon https://youtu.be/Ae80t6pXSvo The foto shows a metric scale, the print process and the post-curing. This video shows the print process https://youtu.be/bqJ4-MfYMfU. Check out the below sections for important info on food safety! Print Settings Printer: Form2 Rafts: Doesn't Matter Supports: Yes Resolution: Highest Quality Infill: - Notes: Orienting the spoon slightly sideways at about 40 degrees and then letting Preform create supports. Have to still test if there is a better orientation. The clear Resin I used in printing the spoon is not food safe! See info in summary to make sure not to misuse 3DPrinting for objects that get into contact with food or your mouth. How I Designed This As always I used Cinema 4D as the tool of choice. I used hypernurbs with a low poly version of the spoon, to keep it easily adjustable to Elsha's needs. Food Safety and Molding Important info on food safety and 3DPrinting: Use 3D Printed objects on your own risk and get yourself informed well, not all materials are safe and not all production processes are safe