Shape-Changing Clay-Dough: Taking a Material-Oriented Approach to 3D Printing Ceramic Forms
People: Fiona Bell, Erin McClure, Camila Friedman-Gerlicz, Ruby Ta, and Leah Buechley
Year: 2023-2024
Description: Clay-dough is a 3D printable ceramic material that is made from a mixture of stoneware clay and a biomaterial dough. While all clays shrink when fired, clay-dough enables more dramatic shrinkage due to the dough burning away. We explore clay-dough as a tunable, shape-changing material for 4D printing, where we 3D print an initial form that morphs into new forms. Through our material-oriented approach to 3D printing, we challenge current hierarchical relationships between makers, machines, and materials.
Outcomes: DRS’24 Paper, ACM CHI’24 Paper, ACM CHI’24 Interactivity
