Print fast, make more
Make time by saving time with quick set up, an intuitive color touchscreen UI for wireless and on the go printing that is 2X faster than other printers.
Source: http://cubify.com/en/Cube?gclid=CKWz99zhisACFRYIvAodQZwAOg
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AN INNOVATIVE CATENARY POTTERY
PRINTER BY GT2P
If you’re an avid reader of Design Milk, you’ve probably seen all the innovative projects
created with a 3D printer. However, we’re even more impressed by the newest “printer”
from Chilean Studio gt2P, a Catenary Pottery Printer!
The printer was born out of a desire to create standard machines that generate
non-standard results by mixing the normal numerical control with traditional material
and techniques. It reintroduces the idea that parametric design isn’t necessarily always
a digital computation methodology.
The pottery printer is an analog machine that uses computational logics and automation
processes to form pottery. With the combination of all these factors, the machine can create
a variety of objects, from tableware to candle holders to even hanging lights. This pottery
printer is more than just a machine—it allows gt2P to speak about parametric design
without computers and digital fabrication laboratories.
Source: http://design-milk.com/innovative-catenary-pottery-printer-gt2p/
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3D PRINTED CLAY: CERAMIC SCULPTURES
BY JONATHAN KEEP
The process isn’t yet as simple as plug and print like an inkjet unit, requiring preparation
of a clay medium for ideal printing viscosity as shown in this video. But once the clay is
readied, the array of morphological creations of British artistJonathan Keep‘s imagination
partnered with the precision of a DIY computer guided 3D printer is impressive.
Artist Jonathan Keep’s 3D printed clay pottery are inspired by patterns and forms evident in nature, including icebergs,
petrified wood, seeds, and even sound waves (shown above).
Keep built his own 3D printer based upon a delta robotics model, a type of parallel robot
with three arms connected to universal joints at the base limited by parallelograms in the
arms; the parallelograms limit the printer’s movements to the X, Y or Z direction without
rotation (the high speed efficacy of delta robots make them popular in the packaging industry,
medical and pharmaceutical industry).
The “ink” in Keep’s ceramic printer is ejected using a clay extruder made from parts
adapted from the adhesives industry. 30 psi of compressed air pushes out the clay at
around 1mm per second.
Source: http://www.keep-art.co.uk/digital.html
Source: http://design-milk.com/artist-jonathan-keep-sculpts-pottery-using-ceramic-3d-printer/
