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First published on www.designwalesforum.org
date: 30th April 2014
author: Victoria Jones
 
 

Makers Using Technology Residency 3 - Beate's First 3D Print | Cyfnod Preswyl 3 Gwneuthurwyr yn Defnyddio Technoleg

Beate Gegenwart is the third artist in our Makers Using Technology residency programme. Beate who mainly works in flat planes, has been using the haptic system Freeform to curl and spherise in a way she can't usually.

Beate Gegenwart yw’r trydydd artist yn ein rhaglen artistiaid preswyl Gwneuthurwyr yn Defnyddio Technoleg. Mae Beate, sy’n gweithio’n bennaf ar lorweddau gwastad, wedi bod yn defnyddio'r system haptig Freeform i gyrlio a chreu sfferau mewn modd na all wneud fel arfer.

Beate Gegenwart

Beate exploring the Freeform system | Beate yn archwilio’r system Freeform

Freeform is a haptic modelling system where users create three dimensional work in a virtual space. The system is driven with an omni arm which gives haptic feedback. This means that the shapes and planes made in the virtual space can be felt in the real world. It is a very unusual experience, you can feel with your hand what you can see on the screen.

Mae Freeform yn system modelu haptig lle bydd defnyddwyr yn creu gwaith tri dimensiwn mewn gofod rhithwir. Pwerir y system gan fraich omni sy’n rhoi adborth haptig. Golyga hyn y gall y siapau a’r llorweddau a wneir yn y gofod rhithwir gael eu teimlo yn y byd go iawn. Mae’n brofiad anarferol iawn, gallwch deimlo â’ch llaw yr hyn a welwch ar y sgrin.

Beate Gegenwart

Beate receiving Freeform training with Peter Dorrington | Beate yn derbyn hyfforddiant Freeform gyda Peter Dorrington

In order for the artists to be able to make a new piece of work with Freeform, they have been receiving training from the Makers Using Technology team. Towards the end of the training we 3D print a piece that the makers have been working on, so that they can have something tangible and see the scale of the work in real life.

This week we printed some pieces of Beate's work on our Projet additive manufacturing machine. The machine builds forms via thin layers of resin.

Er mwyn i’r artistiaid allu gwneud darn newydd o waith â Freeform, maent wedi bod yn derbyn hyfforddiant gan dîm Gwneuthurwyr yn Defnyddio Technoleg. Yn agos at ddiwedd yr hyfforddiant rydym yn argraffu’n 3D ddarn y mae’r gwneuthurwyr wedi bod yn gweithio arno, fel bod ganddynt rywbeth diriaethol a’u bod yn gallu gweld maint y gwaith yn y byd go iawn.

Yr wythnos hon gwnaethom argraffu rhai darnau o waith Beate ar ein peiriant gweithgynhyrchu adiol Prosiect. Mae’r peiriant yn adeiladau ffurfiau drwy haenau tenau o resin.

Beate Gegenwart

Beate's first 3D print. Image by Diana Oliveira for Design Wales Forum | Print 3D cyntaf Beate. Delwedd gan Diana Oliveira ar gyfer Fforwm Dylunio Cymru

To keep a track of Makers Using Technology visit | I ddilyn Gwneuthurwyr yn Defnyddio Technoleg ewch i www.makersusingtechnology.org

 
 

The residencies are being offered by Design Wales Forum, and have been funded by the Arts Council Wales through the lottery fund, and the National Centre for Product Design and Research.

Caiff y cyfnodau preswyl eu cynnig gan Fforwm Dylunio Cymru ac fe’u hariennir gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru drwy’r gronfa Loteri a’r Ganolfan Genedlaethol Dylunio Cynnyrch ac Ymchwil.