3D printed barrel slip

A method of deploying a barrel slip, the method comprising:

• positioning the barrel slip within a casing string when the barrel slip is in an unexpanded position;
• wherein the casing string has an inner surface having a first curvature defining an internal radius extending from a casing center;
• wherein the barrel slip comprises a body includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced slip anchors, each slip anchor having an outer surface that, when in the unexpanded position, defines an outer radius extending from an outer center that is radially offset from the casing center;
• and
• expanding the body from the unexpanded position to an expanded position,
• wherein expanding the body from the unexpanded position to the expanded position comprises radially displacing the slip anchors to converge the outer radius centers of the slip anchors at a common center of the body at the casing center and thereby engaging the outer surface of each of the slip anchors with the inner surface of the casing string;
• and
• wherein, when in the expanded position, the outer surface of each of the slip anchors have the first curvature of the inner surface of the casing string.