Fiber arts were definitely the original and oldest "3D printing". Automated looms were computers (with punch cards) well before the rest of computers. My mother

Fiber arts were definitely the original and oldest "3D printing". Automated looms were computers (with punch cards) well before the rest of computers. My mother has a computer-controlled embroidery machine and it is definitely a "3D printer" to watch it in action. Sometimes I think there's an obvious blindness in the way the term "3D printer" gets used that overlooks a very rich history in textiles (much of that history itself direct predecessors to the same tech).