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The Printed Pot

In the Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory (located in the Mechanical Engineering Building at the University of Washington in Seattle), our research focuses on new and improved methods to describe complex shapes in a way that a computer can understand and to fabricate those shapes in ways that the computer can control (a.k.a., rapid prototyping).

Three-dimensional printing (3DP) is our favorite method of rapid prototyping, because the required equipment is not outrageously expensive and you can use just about any material that can be obtained in powdered form. While our initial research aimed to address a biomedical application (digital fabrication of alumina dental implants), it was not long before discussions with a co-worker led to consideration of other kinds of ceramics. The article presents the basics of 3DP and everything you need to know to put together the materials for producing ceramic art objects on a 3D printer.

Source: Ceramic Art Dailly

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