Introduction to Clay 3D Printing Workshop: Planters
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
10am – 4pm with 1-hour lunch break
Instructor: Audrey An
In this one-day introductory workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of operating the Harvard Ceramics Program’s Lutum V4.6 clay 3D printer by creating simple planters and saucers. Using basic extrusion commands on Rhinoceros 3D, participants will digitally design planters under 6 inches in height and print them on pre-prepared slab bases (with or without drainage holes). While some pieces are being printed using a 5mm nozzle to expedite the process, essential machine operations - from packing and loading clay to understanding 3D clay printer mechanisms - will be covered throughout the workshop. Participants are encouraged to bring 2D sketches for collaborative design with the instructor or pre-thrown/handbuilt leather-hard pieces to add flat decorative elements created using a 3mm nozzle, making each piece unique. The workshop will utilize white stoneware clay.
What to bring:
- basic clay tools - rib, needle tool, etc
- Personal laptop with trial version of Rhinoceros 3D downloaded
- Simple 2D sketches of what you would like to design and print
- Or: if you have a 3D model of a planter design you would like to print, bring those over!
- Or: pre-thrown/handbuilt work for attaching 3d printed decoration. The work should be compatible to white stoneware clay and more on leather hard stage.
Cost: $175 for Adult Community & Harvard Graduate Students; FREE for Harvard College Undergraduates.
Artist Bio
2022-2024 Ceramics Program Artist In Residence Audrey An’s creative research revolves around the notion of applying digital technologies to ceramics from the perspective of ‘convergence,’ whether it be cultural, technological, or interdisciplinary. She earned her BFA and Art History Minor from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, an MFA from Penn State University, and was a post-baccalaureate student at Colorado State University. Audrey has participated in artist residency programs at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, ME), Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Newcastle, ME) and was selected as Ceramics Monthly 2023 Emerging Artist.
