chennai when anisha vignesh was on the lookout to gift something special to her husband on their first wedding anniversary she found limited options engraved show pieces mugs are boring and almost childish i wanted to give him something unique she said vignesh went on to gift her husband a 3d printed figurine of her husband and their pet from a simple personalised mobile phone case to a 3d printed pendant with your fingerprint or a figurine or bust players like augrav icustommadeit and arttsy are finding many takerscustomised gifting platform icustommadeit sees orders for 3d figurines and photographs some of our customers ask for 3d models of themselves we either have photographs taken from multiple angles as inputs or we scan the models the 3d printed models become ready in three weeks said raj iyer founder icustommadeit the startup guarantees 8085 accuracy the price for 3d printed gifts ranges from rs 5000 to rs 40000 and number of orders range between 25 and 30 every month occasions such as weddings and graduation ceremonies drive the gifting scene for 3d printeditems global 3d which initially used to sell 3d printers to gifting platforms among other sectors employing 3d printers is now into creating gifts besides figurines phone cases and personalised keychains are in demand while gifting forms less than 5 of the total 3d printing assignments the segment is growing as the options are personalised the segment is growing at 20 cagr every year we are employing 3d artists to design and develop the models said gopal krishna founder global 3dcoimbatorebased augrav offers personalised jewellery from 3d printed faces on pendants to fingerprints and even voice waves consumers have varied requests when they seek to personalise their gifts says vivek krishna founder augravfor instance with voice waves krishna asks clients to send a recording of their choice which he then converts to sound waves these are 3d modelled and then printed using a 3d printer voices like fingerprints are unique to each person so we have couples who record i love you and have it 3d printed for their wedding rings krishna says with fingerprints customers send a photo of their fingerprint taken using a stamp pad and augrav 3d prints this in the jewellery of their choice