RE: https://chaos.social/@sml/117588534421204980
This made me think of other unbroken-line based art, like clay printing. In 2013, the clay printer I had access to had a constant flow of clay, but traditional 3D printing tools are dependent on controlling the flow of material.
I used this limitation to my advantage and created tools that were aware of the specific properties of clay, and instead controlled the speed and path of the nozzle, building a cylinder as a spiral rather than a series of circles.
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Don't think I ever shared it here, but this summer I created a little #Blender thing that turns text or shapes into a squiggly line with a differential growth algorithm. Watching a #PenPlotter draw the results is mesmerizing!
Even when it works okay with traditional tools, a seam can be seen where the height position is changed (see the printed piece in the upper right of the photo with the triangular opening), a bulge running from top to bottom.
WIth my spiral method and precise control of the nozzle position, the piece is constructed in on continuous flow (see the piece in the centre of the photo).
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