Framed oneliner square and oneliner round

Jorgensen, Tavs

Abstract

The pieces explore how new digital interfaces can capture lines and mark making drawn free hand in space. The aim is to find workflows to use such lines directly as the basis for designed artefacts. The choice of glass as medium is down to the material characteristics of glass being able to be thermoformed (slumped) over digitally fabricated steel frames, but the aesthetic qualities of glass are also a central aspect of the final pieces.

The glass pieces are designed by recording 3D lines drawn freehand in space using digital recording tools. The 3D line data is then used to make stainless steel formers. The slumping technique is used to shape glass over these formers. With this technique sheet glass is placed on refractory formers in a kiln and then heated until the glass softens and ‘slumps’ over, or through, the formers - typically using just gravity as the moulding force.

• Physical Artefact Type: Artefact
• Acceptance Date: Aug 20, 2024
• Publication Date: Aug 23, 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 3, 2024
• Keywords: Glass, Slumping, Digital Toolmaking, Design Interfaces, Lines
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13391489
• Additional Information: These pieces were developed for a high profile exhibition at the British Glass Biennale part of the International Festival of Glass 2024.; It features work selected by jury from 121 contemporary artists who are living and working in the UK, plus British makers living and working abroad.
• External URL: https://ifg.org.uk/exhibitions/
• Genre: Craft