Maker | Machine
Hand coiling and clay 3D printing follow a similar logic: building up a clay vessel layer by layer. Strands of clay are stacked by hand or deposited by machine. In hand coiling, the envisioned form is constantly re-formed through the clay. The maker responds to how the clay bends, sags, and shrinks. In clay 3D printing, envisioned form is locked into a fixed digital model. The machine executes. The printer follows the digital blueprint, indifferent to deformations of the clay work.
Code | Clay
This project investigates how close material responsiveness can also be experienced in clay printing. Ctrl+Coil replaces pre-print 3D models with a responsive coding loop. The maker builds up a ceramic vessel by coding machine instructions one layer at a time. This way, form can be improvised while printing. Each layer, the maker responds to clay through code and to code through clay. The collection features vessels coiled by hand and vessels 3D printed with Ctrl+Coil. Can you distinguish the machine-made vessels from the handmade ones?
