p5.fab

`p5.fab`

Bridging Creative Code and Digital Fabrication

Blair Subbaraman, Machine Agency
socials: @blairsubbaraman
slides: https://rb.gy/z8rxzu
April 13th, 2023

Line Vase

p5.fab attempts to speak to the apparent tension between the precision & accuracy of machines like 3D printers, and the messy embodied practices which surround them. The video here shows a 3D printer whirring around-- plastic filament is melted in the hotend shown here, which is then extruded through the nozzle. We're printing these freehanging extrusions of a single line width are across overextruded dots. This wouldn't be possible to print with off-the-shelf software for 3D printing, which is instead really good at optimizing the path the machine should take based on a digital model. In contrast, the printing the object shown here requires manual tuning to negotatiate speed, acceleration, and the amount of filament that's extruded. This requires testing and observing material behavior rather than reasoning about in a modeling file.

Lissajous Curve (4x)

Tensions & Opportunities in Building Community

a classroom to make experts beginners & beginners experts

Tensions & Opportunities in Building Community

a classroom to make experts beginners & beginners experts

an invitation to digital fabrication/creative code

Tensions & Opportunities in Building Community

a classroom to make experts beginners & beginners experts

an invitation to digital fabrication/creative code

an obstacle to enact existing skill

`p5.fab`

Bridging Creative Code and Digital Fabrication

Blair Subbaraman, Machine Agency
socials: @blairsubbaraman
slides: https://rb.gy/z8rxzu
April 13th, 2023