These pictures made me think about how awesome it would be to be able to 3D print something like this. These ornaments where apparently created with a laser cutter and about 150 thick paper sheets stacked on top of each other. The blog post contains even more beautiful examples. Of course full color mixing would be needed and possibly a different kind of material (more dull instead of shiny plastic). And you'd need to be able to add adaptable reliefs and ornaments to different kind of designs in a 3D app.
Imgur album: [
imgur.com]
Original blog post: [
netdost.com]