Embodied Automation
Stefanie Pender is an artist and researcher who explores the translation of embodied knowledge of craft processes into automated technologies. Through human-machine collaboration, she exploits form-finding phenomena and the emergent properties of glass in order to discover novel material properties.…
Stefanie Pender is an artist and researcher who explores the translation of embodied knowledge of craft processes into automated technologies. Through human-machine collaboration, she exploits form-finding phenomena and the emergent properties of glass in order to discover novel material properties.
During her Pier 9 Residency, Stefanie developed a Fused Filament Deposition Modeling Printer (FFDM) for the application of printing glass fibers. Emulating plastic filament printers, she built a tool that drives a glass fiber through a nozzle. A dual flame torch melts the glass at around 2,000˚F as it exits the nozzle and deposits this melted glass onto a surface. This tool is mounted to a small industrial robot which moves the tool to produce complex geometries inside a heated build chamber.
To learn more about Stefanie’s process building the printer visit her instructable here – http://www.instructables.com/id/Glass-Fused-Deposition-Modeling-FDM/
And more info about Stefanie and the Pier 9 Residency Program at these links –
http://stefaniepender.com
http://www.autodesk.com/air
