I had an excellent reception at Maker Faire with Steadcraft last year and I'm super excited to announce that I'll be returning once again this year! Mark your calendar and come on down to the Maker Faire May 20th-22nd. You'll be glad to know that I'm still...
"We believe that value begins with the mastery of making. Throwing vessels on the wheel requires the use of a number of carefully controlled ‘gestures´, each suited to shape and guide the clay in a different manner as it spins on the wheel. Each has is own distinct shape, function, or even design one could say. These gestures, nearly artworks in themselves are perfected to sense and lure the best out of material. Sturdy yet delicate hands, shaped by time and clay, apply the careful yet impulsive pressures that give each piece its own unique character. These are just a few of the gestures we use every day."I first started working with clay in the early 90's, under the tutelage of Ken Stevens and Reid Ozaki at the University of Puget Sound. I quickly shifted my focus to working with The New Clay, which offered exciting opportunities to work with multiple traditional craft techniques with one simple material and virtually no tools. Thus I launched a career of handcraft, using for many years just my hands, a mayonnaise jar, a tissue blade, and a convection oven. My tools and techniques have become much more complex over the years. Now I work with virtual clay. I 3D print. I use metal clay. Seeing these photos, I can feel the spinning lump of wet earthen clay,
In keeping with the dinosaur theme in yesterday's post, I thought I'd follow up with this look at how the world's favorite digital sculpting software is used by the masters. I.L.M was founded by George Lucas in 1975 and continues to be at the forefront...
Further evidencing that 3D printing can play a part in a manual craft process rather than simply replacing it, Adam Beane Industries has announced a forthcoming sculptable 3D printing filament. [gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" link="none" ids="2473,2472,2471"] The material hardens at room temperature but becomes sculptable at 125 degrees...
This video was created automatically by Memento by setting "Key Frame" views for the camera to fly though (an option presenting opportunity to filmakers and animators). Video can be exported at ultra high resolution (up to 4K). https://youtu.be/60_wLdESkec The original model was a carved wooden horse. I...
I've been having a great time viewing and downloading models of the ancient artifacts that have been 3D scanned and posted at Smithsonian 3D and African Fossils. I can't wait to print this lion skull. Great stuff to mash-up into my own 3D designs. Reality...