The Mechatronic Library works with a wide range of creatives from diverse disciplines - from fine artists to architectural designers and beyond. However, all of these working partners share a dedication to utilising innovative means of production, advancing commonly used forms of making in experimental modes.
The Mechatronic Library is proud to financially support and foster such means of production, remaining at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, and sharing the results.
The Mechatronic Library is proud to financially support and foster such means of production, remaining at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, and sharing the results.
Game Engine use in 3D Printing
Critters by Crabtree & Evans 2015
Critters by Crabtree & Evans 2015
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We worked with artists Julia Crabtree and William Evans and Werkflow Studio to produce a bespoke application. We used Oculus Rift/Game Engine technology to create a CGI animation as well as a suite of 3D printed objects and prints from the Game engine data. We created a (almost) Random Object Generator which can easily produce an seemingly limitless series of unique artworks and objects,
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Extreme 3D Printing
Extreme 3D Printing
Architecturally trained designer Jordan Hodgson worked with The Mechatronic Library to explore the limits of what was geometrically possible to 3D print in 2010. We produced a range of complex functional objects in a variety of materials, plastics, bronze, stainless steel, silver plate and sterling silver. |
3D Printing In Ceramic
Martin Watmough and his partner Richard Beckett of the Bartlett School of Architecture have developed a new ceramic–based material The Mechatronic Library (formerly FuseArts) in 2011. This new material costs a fraction of normal 3D printing materials. . Once objects are ‘built’, they are fired and glazed like normal ceramics.
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Innovative Die-cast Printing With Alice Waese
We worked with artist and designer Alice Waese and Ditto Press on a book which presented two strands of the artist's creative practice. Alongside a series of exquisitely rendered drawings, the book included a die-cut section containing an piece of jewellery that Waese had designed in direct relation to the drawing series. This technically innovative element of the publication created a unique platform to showcase the multiplicity of Waese's practice.