Open AccessPractitioners’ Experience in Clay 3D Printing
Author(s) -
Priska Falin,
Nur Horsanalı,
Flemming Tvede Hansen,
Maarit Mäkelä
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
formakademisk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1890-9515
DOI - 10.7577/formakademisk.4200
Subject(s) - craft , process (computing) , context (archaeology) , embodied cognition , 3d printing , aesthetics , psychology , computer science , sociology , visual arts , engineering , art , history , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , archaeology , operating system
In the context of artistic research, making has been traditionally understood as a process between the maker and the material. However, the digitalization that influences all practices brings us new kinds of making processes in which the ‘digital tools’ have a profound impact on the practitioner’s experience – also in the context of art, craft and design. This study explores the maker’s experience from a practice-led approach to understanding the subjective experience with clay 3D printing. To open up the 3D printing process with clay using our embodied understanding, the full process is viewed metaphorically – borrowing from music. The preliminary findings show that metaphorical viewing and the use of a score enables a successful review of the nature of computer-based practices in a way that all aspects and potentials fall naturally into place.