Da Vinci's Printer
Fantasy art: Da Vinci's Printer
 
Type 3D model: Medieval Fantasy printing instrument

Air
The Idea:
Printers are now an integral part of our life. But what would Da Vinci have to to reproduce his ideas and print his documents? Could he have deviced a printer of his own?

Fire
The Inspiration:
Leonardo Da Vinci as well as MC Escher.
Clockwork mechanisms and mechanical gadgets.

Water
The Treatment:
Was thinking up a tribute for Escher. Which is still a WIP. When I thought of this printer which is capable of creating magical prints.
Wanted to create a mechanism which would look midlevel and finely crafted.

Earth

The Execution:
Used a pencil as the print element. To keep the pencil pressed a mechanism of spring and levers are there. A clockwork mechanism along with gears, levers and pistons manage the lift, swing and pressure of the pencil. The designs are fed into the machine through punch card like mechanisms which are similar to the workings of musical boxes.


Side View and Top view of the printer. Click on image to enlarge.
Da Vinci's Printer's yet to feature in an Illustration.
Beam me up Scotty!
 
Copyright 2005 Avi Das