Eindhoven-based Studio Joachim-Morineau has designed a dripping machine that combines technology with human error to create ceramics with individual structures, patterns and textures.
Carla Joachim and Jordan Morineau, who make up Studio Joachim-Morineau, created the machine to expand the field of ceramics by fusing together the precision of technology with a human touch ? or "glitches" as they call it ? to make objects that are both unique and mathematical.
The machine drips liquid clay at a particular rhythm to create open structured ceramics
The duo designed and built the industrial machine that drips liquid porcelain, or earthenware, at a particular rhythm to create a series of cups and bowls with various structures and patterns. The machine is composed of two main parts ? a computer-controlled rotating platform and a dripping system. A plaster mould is placed and centred on the platform and is turned via a simple motor, with its speed determined by a pre-set computer code.
The machine is composed of two main parts ? a computer-controlled rotating platform and a dripping system
Liquid clay is then poured into a container attached to the top of the dripping system. By opening the tap, liquid clay feeds through a nozzle and starts to drip, landing on the plaster mould. The diameter of the nozzle can be changed depending on the desired drip size.
As the duo told Dezeen, not everything can be controlled in the process. The flow can be irregular, for instance, o...