A 3D printed figure on a rocky base lit by a warm spotlight.

Service area

Custom 3D printing for Louisville, Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky.

Everything is designed, printed and finished in one Louisville shop. If you are in the metro or just across the river, you can collect it in person. If you are further out, the files, quoting and approvals happen remotely and the finished piece is crated or delivered.

Louisville, KentuckyPickup and delivery in the metroCrated freight beyond it
A finished 3D printed statue on a sculpted base.

Every piece on this page was printed and finished in the Louisville studio.

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IncludedMetro pickup and delivery
2 statesKentucky and Indiana
~70 miLouisville to Lexington
CratedOr delivered in person
In sectionsHow oversized work travels

One shop, not a network

You are dealing with the person who runs the printers

Cru Bear is a single studio in Louisville, Kentucky. There is no sales layer, no ticket queue and no anonymous print farm on another continent. The person who quotes your job is the person who prepares the file, watches the plates run and inspects the parts before they go out.

That matters most when something is not straightforward, which in custom work is most of the time. A file needs repairing, a piece is too big for one build plate, a wall is too thin to survive handling. Those conversations happen directly, usually the same day, and they happen before anything is printed rather than after.

Local means you can come and look at it. Everything else is logistics.

Where we work

Three areas, three ways of getting it to you

Pick the one closest to you for the detail, or just send the project over and we will sort the logistics out in the quote.

Louisville and Jefferson County

Home base. Prototypes, statues, displays, branded magnets and large-format work for Louisville businesses, makers and collectors, with pickup at the studio or local delivery included.

Custom 3D printing in Louisville →

Southern Indiana

Minutes away over the bridge. Jeffersonville, Clarksville, New Albany, Sellersburg and the rest of Clark and Floyd counties, with pickup or a meetup rather than a shipping wait.

3D printing in Southern Indiana →

Lexington and Central Kentucky

About an hour east. Lexington, Nicholasville, Georgetown, Versailles, Richmond and the surrounding Fayette County area, shipped to you or collected in Louisville if you are coming this way.

3D printing in Lexington →

A dramatically lit 3D printed head sculpture. A rapid prototype part printed for machine fitment. A life-size 3D printed head prototype.

Communities

Places we regularly print for

Not an exhaustive list, and not a limit. If you are near any of these, you are well within range.

Louisville metro

  1. Downtown, NuLu and Butchertown
  2. The Highlands and Germantown
  3. Crescent Hill and Clifton
  4. St. Matthews and Lyndon
  5. Jeffersontown and Middletown
  6. Anchorage and Prospect
  7. Fern Creek and Okolona
  8. Shively and Valley Station

Southern Indiana

  1. Jeffersonville
  2. Clarksville
  3. New Albany
  4. Sellersburg
  5. Georgetown
  6. Clark County
  7. Floyd County
  8. Pickup or meetup, no shipping wait

Central Kentucky

  1. Lexington and Fayette County
  2. Nicholasville
  3. Georgetown
  4. Versailles
  5. Richmond
  6. Frankfort and the corridor between

Further out

  1. Anywhere in Kentucky or Indiana
  2. Nationwide by crated freight
  3. Files, quotes and proofs handled remotely
  4. Oversized builds shipped in sections
  5. Assembly guidance included where it is needed

Logistics

How distance actually changes the job

Short version: it changes how the finished piece reaches you, and almost nothing else. Quoting, file preparation, proofs and approvals are the same whether you are ten minutes away or three hours out.

Where you are How the work reaches you Delivery
Louisville and Jefferson County Collect at the studio, or we bring it to you Included
Southern Indiana Collect, or we meet you across the bridge Included
Lexington and Central Kentucky Shipped to you, or collected in Louisville Quoted
Anywhere else Crated freight, or delivered in person for large builds Quoted

Shipping is quoted per project rather than by a flat rate, because size, weight and how much protection a piece needs vary enormously. A run of magnets goes in a box. A 64-inch sculptural form travels in sections and gets assembled on site, which is usually the most practical option for anything oversized. See how large-format work is engineered to come apart.

What the region asks for

The work that comes through the door

Large-format and oversized

Pieces too big for any single build plate, segmented and keyed so the sections register cleanly. This is the work we are strongest at and the reason shops outside the region still call.

Large-format 3D printing →

Statues and scale models

Sculpture, figures, maquettes and architectural models, printed one-off or in small batches and finished ready to display.

Statues and scale models →

Prototypes and functional parts

Fit checks, replacement parts and short runs in PLA, PETG, TPU and carbon-fiber composites, dialed in for strength and tolerance rather than looks alone.

Custom 3D printing services →

Branded logo magnets

Durable branded magnets for local businesses, events and giveaways, in your colors and in short or longer runs.

Custom logo magnets →

Trade and contract work

Production behind sign shops, fabricators, exhibit builders and agencies. Pieces arrive unbranded and you keep the client relationship.

For fabricators and sign shops →

Retro and display pieces

Arcade, gaming and nostalgia builds, plus one-off display work for shops, offices and collections around the region.

Retro inspired prints →

Made here

Printed in Louisville, delivered across the region

A cross-section of recent work. Tap any piece to read how it was built.

Nine oversized 3D printed sports forms. A 3D printed cutaway pump model for a trade show display. A large-format 3D printed conference table centerpiece. A 24-inch 3D printed alien statue with a patina base. A life-size 3D printed head prototype. Custom branded 3D printed logo magnets. A printed prototype checked against the machine. A 15-inch 3D printed piranha plant display. A 3D printed retro arcade barrel display. Retro arcade wall art printed in 3D. A 3D printed toon-style bus piggy bank. A 64-inch 3D printed bat assembled from six sections.

Before you send it

What makes a project easy to quote

Send this and it is quick

  1. An STL, STEP or OBJ file if you have one
  2. A drawing or dimensioned sketch
  3. The finished size you need, even roughly
  4. What the piece has to survive: indoors, outdoors, handling
  5. Your deadline, honestly
  6. Whether you want it finished or raw

Worth knowing up front

  1. Builds run in weeks, not days
  2. Modeling is separate paid work, quoted on its own
  3. A single photo or a small logo image is not a model
  4. Layer lines and seams are part of the process
  5. We are a short-run shop, not mass production
  6. If we are the wrong shop for it, we will say so

The fastest projects to price are the ones that arrive with a file or a drawing. If a piece has to be designed from scratch, that is real design work and it is quoted separately from the printing. Saying so up front saves everybody two weeks.

Start here

Tell us where you are and what you need made

Send the file, the drawing or the photos with rough dimensions. You will get a straight answer on whether 3D printing is the right way to make it, and a fixed quote before anything starts.

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Cru Bear is a custom 3D printing studio in Louisville, Kentucky, serving Jefferson County, Southern Indiana, Lexington and Central Kentucky, and shipping nationwide.