3D BODY
My concept for these five 3D clay prints was focused on exploring how I could still incorporate the “hand” or “touch” of the maker into a 3D printed ceramic piece designed in cad.
I was interested the relationship between traditional pottery techniques, that is so related to physical touch, and 3D printing where the element of physical touch is absent.
For my 3D prints I worked in grasshopper to make my models. I used an experimental process where I started working in grasshopper without any notions of how I’d like the print to turn out. In this process I used a point attraction script to create 3D line work then used the plug in chromodoris that uses voxel modelling to create Isosurfaces.
The resulting models were organic bulbous forms that I thought would be interesting to try print. My resulting second print was very successful as the bulbous shapes meant there was nice areas of drooping in the print adding to the organic look. I decided to continue with this approach for the following models.
This experimental approach to the 3D prints was inspired by the work of Jonathan Keep, a sculpture who has done extensive research into the capabilities of 3D printing in clay.
