3D Ceramic Printer: ‘Nuff Said.
by Robert Quigley | 10:01 am, February 22nd, 2010
3D printers of every build tend to get geeks excited (maybe it’s the inevitable Star Trek replicator comparison), but Unfold Lab‘s 3D ceramic printer still fills us with a particular brand of awe.
Spec out a bowl, cup, or other design, hit ‘print,’ and — voila! you’re just a kiln firing and a few glazings away from a functional ceramic vessel.
designboom explains how it works:
“the design is based off an open source project and prints wet clay from its nozzle, which can then be placed in a kiln and fired. the machine uses powder clay which is mixed with water and printed out using a syringe.”
Alas, the 3D printer isn’t coming to a ceramics studio near you anytime soon: it’s very much a prototype. But it’s a great illustration of what’s possible when science and the arts team up.
(Unfold via designboom)
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