ceramics
New 3D Printing Technique Makes Complex Ceramics for Spaceships
When I was a kid, I would visit my great-grandmother’s apartment on Park Avenue in New York City. She had traveled the world and brought back vases, plates, and dolls…
Good News!: 3D Printing Is Beginning to Really Influence the Ceramic Arts World, as Shapeways Has Seen
You may not realize it, but it’s highly likely that you are surrounded by ceramic materials right now. Everything from bricks, pipes, floors and roof tiles to your tableware can be…
Dutch Artists Create 3D Printed Ceramics Using Sound Waves
Olivier van Herpt, like many artists, found himself dissatisfied with the artistic capabilities of traditional 3D printers and 3D printing materials. “When I first started researching 3D printing the technology…
DeltaBots Rolls Out Four New 3D PotterBot Printers: Greater Volume, Complex Touch Screen, Standalone Printing
As the world of 3D printing becomes one that is suddenly ripe with a plethora of machines offering countless features, and a multitude of materials aside from those of the…
Z3Dlab Introduces Zti-Powder, a Titanium/Ceramic Composite Material for Metal 3D Printing
The field of 3D metal printing continues to expand. Metal 3D printers are becoming more affordable, and the range of available materials is widening as researchers discover new ways to…
From 3D Printed Hippos to Hedgehogs: Argillasys Mixes Ancient & Contemporary in Ceramics
Argillasys Ltd is built upon a foundation of industrial designers who are dedicated to 3D printed ceramics–as well as the charm of the traditional, with their name being derived from…
Dutch Student’s 3D Printed Ceramics Showcase Printer’s Unique Programming
Design student and ceramist Olivier van Herpt’s 3D printed ceramics, unveiled during Design Week in Milan, are visually stunning. Larger in scale than one would expect with 3D printed objects,…
Sculpting for a New Millennium: The VormVrij Clay 3D Printer
Material innovations in 3D printing are the next frontier, and Dutch company VormVrij 3D is harking back to an age-old material to find the future. Designers Marlieke Wijnakker and Yao van…
3D PotterBot Clay Delta-Style 3D Printer Launches with RAM Extruder & Innovative New Approach
Some may say that when it comes to 3D printing, the art of pottery isn’t necessarily an area which needs the technology too urgently. After all there are already numerous…
Artist Jade Crompton Fuses the Old School with the New with Her 3D Printed Slipcast Pieces
Slipcasting is used for the mass production of pottery and ceramics, and it works best when employed to create complex-shaped objects not suited to throwing on a wheel or by…
Researchers at Northwestern University Develop Material to 3D Print Fuel Cells
For six years, I worked as an editor/analyst in an industry research company — I read about almost every global industry’s production and demand backcasts and forecasts and can still…
Shapeways Announces New Porcelain Material for 3D Printing
When discussing the future of the 3D printing industry with various experts within the field, about half of them believe we will one day have 3D printers in virtually every…
Dutch Company VormVrij 3D Uses Clay to 3D Print Huge Ceramic Pieces
We’ve seen a lot of material innovations in 3D printing lately, from better plastics to wood to metals; the latest to pop out at us is clay. Dutch company VormVrij…
EOS Founder, Langer, Invests into Ceramics Additive Manufacturing Company Lithoz
It is often said that ceramics are the material of the future. Maybe they don’t receive the same hype and excitement as futuristic materials like Graphene do, however, the number of…
