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Gilded Overkill?
by Carolyn Schwaar Oct 29, 2025
Behold this ultimate display of “because we can” craftsmanship:

a Goldsmiths’ Award-winning gold spinning top (yes, solid gold), lovingly birthed by Cooksongold’s Additive Manufacturing Department a few years back. Watch as cutting-edge 3D printing tech turns obscene amounts of precious metal and a few red jewels into a toy. We don’t know who ordered it, and frankly, we don’t care—because watching molten gold get precision-printed is as weirdly satisfying as power-washing videos, only shinier and far more expensive.

About the Author:
Carolyn is All3DP’s senior editor and a journalist with 25+ years covering business and technology. Passionate about making tech accessible, her work also appears on Forbes.com.

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