@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0709, TITLE={Studies of physical phenomena, design and production of forms in the field of ceramic 3D printing}, AUTHOR={Sophie Fétro, }, JOURNAL={Art and Science}, VOLUME={5}, NUMBER={Special issue
}, YEAR={2021}, URL={https://openscience.fr/Studies-of-physical-phenomena-design-and-production-of-forms-in-the-field-of}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0709}, ISSN={2515-8767}, ABSTRACT={Since 2009, when the designer collective Unfold with Tim Knapen developed L’Artisan Électronique, ceramic 3D printing projects and machines have multiplied. If in the field of industry the use of ceramic-based powder is older, never the shaping of ceramics had been developed in this way, inaugurating unprecedented results, leaving room for randomness and the integration of environmental factors. Often supporting the open source, and themselves falling under the heading of self-production (DIY), they question the technique and processes of obtaining forms, developing a critique of proprietary industrial approaches. This meeting of 3D printing and ceramics is particularly part of a naturalist revival that ventures both into the terrain of biomimicry, biomorphism, and on the side of a poetic listening to the material, exposing physics (Phusis, φύσις) of clay. In addition to identifying different creative approaches and ways of articulating 3D printing to ceramics, the talk also focuses on the reasons for their convergence and on a deeper questioning. The hypothesis developed is that this meeting is not without a link to current concerns about ecology and the anthropocene.}}