Fancy your own Venus de Milo for your living room? Well, if a new Kickstarter project is funded, you'll soon be able to print your own replica. 3D printing enthusiast Cosmo Wenman is planning to launch a new art project, in association with The Skulpturhall Basel museum, that'll bring copies of priceless artworks to the masses.

Wenman has announced that he's planning to use a 3D scanner to produce detailed scans of many of the ancient Greek and Roman sculptures housed in the Swiss museum. Once the sculptures have been scanned, Wenman plans to turn them into 3D printable models and release them, free, to the general public. Which would be pretty amazing, no?

In this instalment of Meet the Makers, we caught up with Barry Lock, the creator of that brilliant basketball egg cup we featured a while ago. Here, he tells us all about how he got into 3D printing...

What attracted you to 3D printing and model-making? Do you have a technical background at all?

I've known about 3D printing since I was studying my degree in mechatronic engineering - that was also my base background. After that, I earned a higher diploma in product design. And then I started my product design career about 10 years ago, in different categories: lighting, consumer electronics, small appliances, kitchenware and gifts.

What software do you use to design your projects? How did you learn to use it?

I use Rhinoceros to design my projects, and I learnt that through my work, about 7 years ago.

If 3D printing is going to become properly mainstream, it's going to need to be easier to get hold of both printers and materials. And now that Amazon's just created a 3D printing shop on its site, that seems to be the way things are headed.

Before you get too excited, though, we should point out that it's on the US site only. 3D printing enthusiasts in the US will be able to order printers, printer parts, filament, and other books and accessories and things with free shipping straight from the world's most popular online shopping site. All the 3D printing related stuff is laid out comprehensively here, in a lovely easy to browse format.