Date started: November 2019

Leads: Frank A. Farris and Timea Tihanyi

Abstract

After the Computational Textiles week at ICERM, Farris started creating virtual knitted patterns and chain mail in Rhino with Grasshopper. The techniques involve the Fourier methods for creating symmetry for which Farris is known (see reference below). Tihanyi saw these designs and proposed that we together investigate possibilities to realize them in ceramic materials with a 3D printer. Preliminary results suggest that the ceramic medium offers exciting possibilities for realizing these virtual objects in the physical world.

Knitting Patterns and Chain Mail with 3D-Printed Ceramics

Media

Stockinette knit spiraling around a cylinder.

Stockinette knit spiraling around a cylinder.

Test print in ceramic medium, based on stockinette knit pattern, thickened to provide support for the material.

Test print in ceramic medium, based on stockinette knit pattern, thickened to provide support for the material.

A virtual chain mail pseudosphere. The links would be thickened to create a printable pattern.

A virtual chain mail pseudosphere. The links would be thickened to create a printable pattern.

A chain mail sphere. It may be possible to print in halves this after thickening the links and creating a support structure consistent with the shape.

A chain mail sphere. It may be possible to print in halves this after thickening the links and creating a support structure consistent with the shape.

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