Artists Turn Sound Into Ceramics with Custom 3D Printer

draw a blank the traditional potter ’s wheel . The unequaled textures of these remains sculpture capture the vibrations of existent healthy waves , thanks to a novel form of 3D printed “ sonic ceramics . ”

They are the product of an intriguing coaction called “ Solid Vibration ” between two Dutch artists : Ricky van Broekhven , a spatial speech sound designer , and industrial designerOlivier van Herpt , who has a taste for fiddle with digital fabrication engineering . The two man came up with the idea of mount a utterer below a 3D ceramic printing weapons platform . Then they played a variety of sounds as the printer did its thing . The trembling from the sounds convert the printing process pattern , pass the resulting pots a variety of knitted grain .

Perhaps this reminds you ofthat X - Files episodewhere Mulder and Scully head to Hollywood to see into the mysterious “ Lazarus Bowl ” — an ancient piece of clayware said to have record Jesus ’ words as he raise Lazarus from the deadened .

That ’s not what this is . ( Besides , the Mythbustersdebunked the possibilityof playing back sound “ recorded ” onto clayware , ancient or otherwise , back in 2006 . )

It ’s in reality a means of build up solid physical representations of “ noisescapes , ” and while to date they ’ve just used fairly abstract sounds , there ’s no reason this could n’t be extended to make a strong-arm theatrical performance of your favorite song , oryour wedding vow . As Herptexplains on his site , “ A present moment in time , a song , a sound , they can now become target that encapsulate the moment always . ”

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