Artful Craft (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Jorgensen, T. Artful Craft. [Glass, Ceramics]. Exhibited at Bovey Tracey, UK. 1 April 2022 - 2 July 2022. (Unpublished)

Celebrating our re-launch in 2022 with an exhibition focusing on the nature of craft, art and design in the 21st century. We are delighted that our president Peter Randall-Page RA, whose own work effortlessly straddles concepts in art with tradit... Read More about Artful Craft.

New approaches with ceramic profile extrusion (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T., Fraser, S., & Lightfoot, S. (2022, March). New approaches with ceramic profile extrusion

This paper and presentation concern the development of new methods with ceramic profile extrusion with the aim of expanding the creative exploration of architectural ceramic components. The project has established fast tooling workflows for the creat... Read More about New approaches with ceramic profile extrusion.

Touch: Reflections on handling but not touching during the making process (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T. (2021, December). Touch: Reflections on handling but not touching during the making process. Paper presented at Touch, virtual

The presentation provides reflections on an ongoing research enquiry which explores the clay extrusion process. A particular challenge in the project is the handling of the soft extruded shapes. The presentation outlines the challenges of minimising... Read More about Touch: Reflections on handling but not touching during the making process.

The use of 3D printed foundry patterns for aluminum casting with oil bonded sand molds (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T., & Lightfoot, S. (2021, October). The use of 3D printed foundry patterns for aluminum casting with oil bonded sand molds. Paper presented at Print4Fab 2021 : Printing for Fabrication Online 2021, Online

This paper presentation outlines early-stage results from research into the use of low-cost 3D printing to create foundry patterns for Aluminum metal casting with oil bonded sand molds. The paper outlines findings and observations in relation to the... Read More about The use of 3D printed foundry patterns for aluminum casting with oil bonded sand molds.

CFPR Showcase (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Boons, S., Field, L., Jorgensen, T., Dessain, C., Butler, A., Hoskins, S., …Trujillo Vazquez, A. CFPR Showcase. [Various]. 9 December 2020. (Unpublished)

Our shift towards the digital has provided us a new challenge: how can we offer an alternative experience that surpasses a physical visit to an exhibition? This showcase is a first response to this question. It includes a range of images, a video, an... Read More about CFPR Showcase.

The use of low-cost 3D printing technology to develop fabrication tools for clay profile extrusion (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T. (2020, August). The use of low-cost 3D printing technology to develop fabrication tools for clay profile extrusion. Poster presented at Print for Fabrication, Japan

This paper reports on interim results from ongoing research which investigate how low-cost 3D printing technologies can assist innovation with the clay extrusion process. The project explores the possibility of using standard plastic filament 3D pr... Read More about The use of low-cost 3D printing technology to develop fabrication tools for clay profile extrusion.

Ceramic profile extrusion: New tooling approaches to re-appropriate the use of a heritage medium in architecture (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T. (2020, June). Ceramic profile extrusion: New tooling approaches to re-appropriate the use of a heritage medium in architecture. Paper presented at CONNECTIONS: EXPLORING HERITAGE, ARCHITECTURE, CITIES, ART MEDIA, Virtual / Canterbury, United Kingdom

The ceramic medium is extremely prevalent in our build environment. This medium is used in architecture in a myriad of applications in the shape of: bricks, cladding, roofing and tiles for interior/exterior surfaces. The use of red terracotta is char... Read More about Ceramic profile extrusion: New tooling approaches to re-appropriate the use of a heritage medium in architecture.

Smart Tooling for Ceramic Extrusion (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T. (2020, February). Smart Tooling for Ceramic Extrusion. Presented at Material Research Exchange, Business Design Centre, London

This presentation will outline research into ceramic profile extrusion. The research was initiated as creative explorations within the author's own craft practice. However, the project has since developed into a UKRI funded project, with global compa... Read More about Smart Tooling for Ceramic Extrusion.

Tools for tooling: Digital fabrication technology as the innovation enabler (2019)
Journal Article
Jorgensen, T. (2019). Tools for tooling: Digital fabrication technology as the innovation enabler. Arts, 8(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts8010009

Abstract: This paper describes research concerning the creation of a novel sheet glass forming system based on the Reconfigurable Pin Tooling (RPT) principle. The paper will initially outline some of the theoretical and technical background for the r... Read More about Tools for tooling: Digital fabrication technology as the innovation enabler.

Neo-industrial biography, glass working and re-configurable toolmaking (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Jorgensen, T. (in press). Neo-industrial biography, glass working and re-configurable toolmaking. [Glass]. Exhibited at Los Angeles. 7 August 2015 - 15 August 2015. (Unpublished)

The title for this exhibition (and presentation) is a reference to Samuel Smiles book: “Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Toolmakers” (1863). In this book Smiles discusses how advances in tool making was the driving force for the first industr... Read More about Neo-industrial biography, glass working and re-configurable toolmaking.

Grey pin bowl at the "British Design: From William Morris to the Digital Revolution" exhibition (2014)
Physical Artefact
Jorgensen, T. (2014). Grey pin bowl at the "British Design: From William Morris to the Digital Revolution" exhibition. [Glass]

Glass Bowls featured at “British Design: from William Morris to the Digital Revolution” The exhibition was a participant of Russian-British 2014 Bilateral Year and took place in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Intimate yet fundamental, this... Read More about Grey pin bowl at the "British Design: From William Morris to the Digital Revolution" exhibition.

Reflection on a collaborative research project in digital moulding for glass casting and artistic interpretation (2014)
Journal Article
Matthias, G., & Jorgensen, T. (2014). Reflection on a collaborative research project in digital moulding for glass casting and artistic interpretation

This is a two-part paper; firstly, describing a collaborative research project aiming to provide innovation in glass investment casting through the exploration of digital fabrication methods. Secondly, illustrating examples of the artistic explorati... Read More about Reflection on a collaborative research project in digital moulding for glass casting and artistic interpretation.

Orbit series of glass bowls
Digital Artefact
Jorgensen, T. (2014). Orbit series of glass bowls

This conference contribution is an exhibition of a series of glass bowls. These bowls are part of the output from the author’s investigation into a flexible tooling concepts known as Reconfigurable Pin Tooling (RPT) and the ‘Orbit’ series is the resu... Read More about Orbit series of glass bowls.