Same nylon, same laser. Body and ear.

Van Herpen's Escapism Dress (2011) uses selective laser sintering to grow a polyamide exoskeleton — nylon powder fused by laser into interlocking skeletal structures that flex like chainmail. Balashova's earring (2022) uses additive manufacturing to build interlocking geometries impossible in traditional jewellery-making — digital fabrication producing forms that could never be cast or assembled. Both exploit 3D printing's indifference to geometric complexity, but van Herpen wraps a body and Balashova adorns an ear.