RESEARCH AND INSPIRATIONS:
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ICEBERG SERIES – This work is about the beauty to be found in apparently random natural forms. As in nature, my porcelain pots have an underling coded structure and logic. The algorithm used to generate these shapes has an inbuilt randomness, a ‘noise’ value actually and I am interested how similar this is to the erosion of icebergs. The natural structures have an underling logic that computer code can mimic so a different and original object is created each time the code is run. The cumulative layering of the 3D printer’s extrusion recalls the glacial strata of icebergs, and offers a sense of process and time. The choice to use white porcelain is also deliberate so as to echoes the translucency of ice – the process, material and content of the work are one. – Jonathan Keep
PROGRESS AND PROCESS:
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REFLECTION:
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This week focused on the creation of the molds and the design of the platform. I did get a chance to print the 3D Arapaho Glacier topography. It’s amazing. I tried to print fossils for insertion into the icebergs but was unable to print something as micro small as the scale that’s needed for this project.
Next steps are:
- Visit Plasticare to discuss acrylic/glass melting surface. (elevated to hide temperature controls)
- Make wax/ice mold shapes