Creative process

3D printed & wheel turned

E99 Ceramics explores the intersection of 3D printing’s formal freedom and the finesse, lightness, and precision of hand-thrown ceramics. The approach relies on a carefully developed process that controls the humidity of each piece at key stages, allowing refinement on the wheel. Objects follow a cycle of meticulous drying before being turned, smoothed, and trimmed, removing weight and excess material.

The wheel process imposes circular forms, a constraint embraced as a conceptual anchor. It balances the vast possibilities of digital fabrication with a sense of material and formal coherence, preventing the pursuit of form for its own sake. Here, 3D printing serves as a tool for generating surfaces, skins, and textures that would be impossible to craft by hand. These textures are entirely produced by custom algorithms (flexible, adaptable, and inspired by natural logics or stochastic processes of indeterminacy) that directly control the machine’s movements and vibrations, creating the final motifs. 

These textures, in turn, engage with specially developed glaze formulations, application and firing techniques, producing nuanced interactions of color, transparency, and depth.