3D printing can be accomplished in a few different ways. But, essentially it’s taking a digital object and using a machine to build it in the real world. At Flowerstone we use a process called Fused deposition modeling. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is a method of depositing filaments of thermoplastics based on a pattern using a melt extrusion method. To put it simply this method of 3D printing is like a really complicated mechanical glue gun that slowly builds an object in fine layers based on a digitally 3D-designed model.