3D Manufacturing Explorations
My 3D printing experiments began in Paris in late 2012, during my artist residency at the Cité des Arts. Bridging the tactile and the digital, these explorations mark a dialogue between tradition and technology. Through computational modelling and additive fabrication, I translated my geometric and modular designs into three-dimensional forms produced in ceramics, gold-plated brass, bronze, steel, and sterling silver, extending my handmade vocabulary into new materials and processes.
Rather than printing directly in metal, each piece was created through a hybrid process of high-precision wax printing and traditional lost-wax casting. The designs were 3D-printed in wax, cast in sterling silver, brass, bronze, or steel, and hand-finished to jewellery-quality standards.
Together, these works reflect my ongoing inquiry into how digital tools can complement the sensibility of craft, allowing precision and emotion to coexist within contemporary design practice.