October 21, 2009
Combining Histories: Make, Scan, Mill, Print, Adjust, Repeat
For the past few years we have utilized several forms of
rapid prototyping to explore new methods of creating form. At The Ohio State
University ceramics program, we have a large Techno Isel CNC (computer
numerically controlled) router and a Konica Minolta Vivid 910 3D scanner, a
Z-Corp 510 3D printer and a soon-to-be-operational Epilog laser cutter. In an
environment where research and development are crucial activities, we willingly
embrace these new technologies in search of a balance between traditional craft
and industrial practice.
April 22, 2009
Emerging Ceramic Artist to Watch: Joseph Page, Walla Walla, Washington
My primary concern is to immerse the viewer in a place of both comfort and uncertainty. While the appearance of the work comes from the realm of fantasy and early video games, my conceptual approach looks for ways to function under strict sculptural parameters, much in the same way those early video game programmers navigated the visual and technological limitations of their time.
February 1, 2009
The New Factory
As a field, we are particularly good at time travel,
but really only in one direction. We can, and should,
start to look forward-further and more often than we do.
Many potters define their work by how it differs from industrially made work. For example, the industrial pot is seen as flawless, boring, identical, sterile, cheap, safe and lacking a personal connection to the user. This critical definition goes back to William Morris' 19th-century attack on industrialization and his subsequent championing of craft.
February 1, 2009
The Printed Pot
Three dimensional printing can be used to create ceramic-art objects, out of three different types of slip bodies, and can be finished using standard ceramic equipment and processes.
