TITLE
3D printed ceramics –
exploration

MEDIUM
glazed and/or unglazed ceramics
low-fire white, high-fire Stoneware, porcelain

DIMENSION
0.75" X 0.75" X 0.8" (smallest) –
5" X 5" X 9.5" (biggest)

DURATION
2015 Fall – 2016 Spring

CLIENT
research project – ongoing!

I have been interested in the possibility of combining typography, ceramic and 3D printing. Finally, I was able to fabricate and run my own delta type 3D printer after numerous technical and mechanical problems.

Keyword: Keyword: digital fabrication, 3D printing, computer numerical control, technological convergence, new digital age, unconventional type, three-dimensional type, exploration

My research explores unconventional methods of creating three-dimensional type with materials and techniques unique to type design — such as ceramics and desktop 3D printing. This research reflects on the processuality of the digital fabrication and the unconventional typographic practices in the new digital age. I have made three-dimensional ceramic type as a series of typographic explorations to strive challenge and seek a new way to create tangible type in three-dimensional space.