Waratah Decanter
MAAS, Out of Hand Exhibition: Lucien Henry
The exhibition “Out of Hand” explores the ever increasing role of digital manufacturing in contemporary art, science, fashion, design and architecture. The Museum of Applied Arts & Science (MAAS) commissioned the creation of 3d printed objects, which will be used as part of the 2016 exhibition.
Vert Design was asked to interpret designs of French-Australian artist Lucien Henry (1850-96), pieces were taken from his major work “Australian Decorative Arts: One Hundred Studies and Designs”, which contained watercolours that revealed his vision for public art and architecture based on Australian flora and fauna. The pieces included a cup, decanter, soup terrine and ladle. Each object featuring heavily textured surfaces that take inspiration from the iconic Australian Waratah flower.
With only 2D elevations used as guidance along with some creative licence, highly detailed CAD models were reproduced in digital form which were then fabricated using a 3D printing method called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) which defines the intricate surface detailing included in the 3D data in nylon plastic.
Steps will now be taken to interpret the designs in other mediums such as metal and glass.
Technical assistance on the project was provided by Danil Gorskikh.
