Towards a standard: Designing an open-source clay measuring tool

Jorgensen, Tavs; Lightfoot, Sonny

Abstract

Abstract: This paper describes early stage research into the development of a common standard for measuring clay hardnesses in craft and design practice. The research has emerged in the context of the development of 3D printing with ce-ramic paste. The paper initially provides the wider context and motivation for research followed by a review of the development of this new area of practice – an area of innovation that has largely been driven by individual design practi-tioners through an open source approach. The paper also outlines existing ap-proaches for measuring the plasticity and hardness of clay. The paper presents key research objectives in the aim of establishing low-cost methods that can be used for measuring ceramic paste consistencies for 3D printing, as well as other ceramic production methods. In response to this research challenge a 3D printed design for a simple measuring devise based on the ‘Fall Cone’ principle is pre-sented.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: DRS 22
• Start Date: Jul 25, 2022
• End Date: Jul 3, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Feb 28, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 17, 2022
• Publication Date: Jul 17, 2022
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 2, 2022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.671
• Keywords: Ceramics, Paste 3D Printing, Open Source, Instrument Making
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9781975
• Publisher URL: https://www.drs2022.org/papers/
• Related Public URLs: https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3039&context=drs-conference-papers