Editing Utah teapot (section)

==3D printing==
Through [[3D printing]], the Utah Teapot has come full circle from being a computer model based on an actual teapot to being an actual teapot based on the computer model. It is widely available in many renderings in different materials from small plastic knick-knacks to a fully functional ceramic teapot. It is sometimes intentionally rendered as a [[low poly]] object to celebrate its origin as a computer model.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

In 2009, a Belgian design studio, Unfold, 3D printed the Utah Teapot in ceramic with the objective of returning the iconographic teapot to its roots as a piece of functional dishware while showing its status as an icon of the digital world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Utanalog, Ceramic Utah Teapot |url=http://unfold.be/pages/utanalog |newspaper=Unfold Design Studio |date=October 28, 2009 |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, the California-based company Emerging Objects followed suit, but this time printed the teapot, along with teacups and teaspoons, out of actual tea.<ref>{{cite web|author1=[[Virginia San Fratello]]|author2=[[Ronald Rael]]|name-list-style=amp|date=2015|title=The Utah Tea Set|url=http://www.emergingobjects.com/projects/the-utah-tea-set|website=Emerging Objects|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>