3d printing demonstration - alterfact
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•Ourpractice•3dprintingceramicsshorthistory•Whywebuiltthemachine•howwebuiltthemachine•Demonstrationofworkflow•Demonstrationofprinting•Limitationsof3dPrintingceramics•Avenuesofexploration•Futureplans
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•mixoftechnologyandoldcraft•nexusof3rdindustrialrevolution•accessible•Reallyuseful3dprintedobjects
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-%wateraddedtoclay-speedofthehead-speedinkisslicer-airpressure-designoftheobject-nozzlesize-clayadditives-heightofthehead-widthoftheextrusionsetting-loops-typeofclay
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Limitationsofceramic3dprinting•Can’tstoptheflow•Canonlyprintatcertainangles•Clayistemperamental•Notanautomaticprocess
Opportunities•The‘fourthway’-JonathanKeep•Newforms,newtime,neweconomy
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Isuggestthatpreviouslytherehadbeenthreebasicwaysofgivingformtoclay.Firsthandbuildingsuchascoilbuildingandslabbuilding.Secondlythrowingonthepotterywheelandthirdlymoldinginitsmanyforms.Withprintingthereisnowafourthway.Itisnotmoldingastherearenomouldsinvolved.Thereareelementsofthrowingbuttheprocesshugelyex-tendsthelimitationsoftherevolvingpot.Itcanbeconsideredakindofmechanicalcoiling.
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-improvemachine-improveclayconsistency-largermachine-standardisedworkflow-sellorexhibit-collaborations
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