User:Nsilver/Homework 7 April

What I have been working on so far has mostly been 3d prints. In school I have mostly printed with plastic, at Unfold I have printed with clay in combination with aluminium, copper, wood dust, wood pieces and glass. We have still to learn how these materials react together in the oven. We already know that the wood will leave holes in the clay, we hope the glass will give it a glaze. The copper and aluminium might give it a green look due to their oxides. All the plastic prints are quite small, smooth and hard. The clay prints where big and fragile, but after drying and baking will also turn smaller and go hard. I have mostly been using the 3D printer because I want to be able to materialise what I model in the computer.

3D printing is definitely very interesting to me the other thing that appeals to me is the tie-wraps constructions, because they look rather neat and have an interesting potential when it comes to structural building. They bend yet they are steady. I am thinking about a moving installation I can make with them. A structure that breaths if you will.

As I said before I have mostly been busy mastering the 3D printers and seeing what I can make them do. What their limits are and how you can use them unconventionally.

I should have explored more materials, I still want to use the turning table to make a clay pot. So I can experience the craftsmanship behind pot making. I have experienced the craftsmanship behind 3D printing, however I have never made a pot the traditional way.