Large Pin Bowl (2013.3)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Tavs Jorgensen
Title
Large Pin Bowl
Made in
Ide
Date
2012
Description
Bowl made of grey float glass, with various contours and a waved rim.
Materials and techniques
Kiln formed glass.
Reconfigurable Pin Tool used. The tool is constructed of a number of pins and perforated plates which lock the pins in place. The pins can be positioned to make one shape and then repositioned to a different form and so on. The tool is constructed entirely in stainless steel (to enable heat resistance to at least 750C). It was designed using a parametric computer modelling software (Grasshopper) and the perforated plates were manufactured (CNC laser cut) bu Luffman Engineering, Tiverton, Devon.
Reconfigurable Pin Tool used. The tool is constructed of a number of pins and perforated plates which lock the pins in place. The pins can be positioned to make one shape and then repositioned to a different form and so on. The tool is constructed entirely in stainless steel (to enable heat resistance to at least 750C). It was designed using a parametric computer modelling software (Grasshopper) and the perforated plates were manufactured (CNC laser cut) bu Luffman Engineering, Tiverton, Devon.
Dimensions
diameter: 60cm
height: 17cm
Object number
2013.3
Category
Alt Category
Maker's statement
This piece is one of the creative outputs from a research project undertaken by me at the Autonomatic Research Group (Falmouth University). The research explores the novel Reconfigurable Tooling (RT) concept, which concerns the use of single moulding devise that can be used to make an infinite variety of shapes. This type of mould has also been described as a 'Universal Tool' or even as an 'Ideal Tool'.
This project is also part of a wider research interest that explores the new creative possibilities which are being presented by emerging digital design and fabrication technologies. These new technologies are increasingly enabling makers (like me) to create their own tools with unprecedented levels of ease and accuracy. I could not have created this tool without employing such technologies.
This project also concerns the wider notion of a 'chain of tools' - the sequences of tools that facilitates the creation of other tools.
This project is also part of a wider research interest that explores the new creative possibilities which are being presented by emerging digital design and fabrication technologies. These new technologies are increasingly enabling makers (like me) to create their own tools with unprecedented levels of ease and accuracy. I could not have created this tool without employing such technologies.
This project also concerns the wider notion of a 'chain of tools' - the sequences of tools that facilitates the creation of other tools.