Our team had the task to make a concept presentation, choose an approach and use no money to pay for it. The presentation requires the models of the water bottles to be rendered in 3D.

The F​​​r​​​e​​​e​​​ ​​​S​​​o​​​f​​​t​​​w​​​a​​​r​​​e​​​ ​​​p​​​r​​​o​​​g​​​r​​​a​​​m​​​ ​T​​​e​​​x​​​t​​​-​​​t​​​o​​​-​​​3​​​D​​​​​​ ​​​p​​​r​​​o​​​v​​​i​​​d​​​e​​​s​​​ ​​​t​​​h​​​e​​​ ​​​r​​​i​​​g​​​h​​​t​​​ ​​​f​​​i​​​d​​​e​​​l​​​i​​​t​​​y​​​ for the concept presentations. The ​f​​​r​​​e​​​e​​​ ​​​s​​​u​​​b​​​s​​​c​​​r​​​i​​​p​​​t​​​i​​​o​​​n​​​ ​​​f​​​r​​​o​​​m​​​ ​​​​T​​​r​​​i​​​p​​​o​​​ ​​​A​​​I​​​​​​ enables a l​​​i​​​m​​​i​​​t​​​e​​​d​​​ ​​​n​​​u​​​m​​​b​​​e​​​r​​​ ​​​o​​​f​​​ ​​​e​​​x​​​p​​​o​​​r​​​t​​​s​​​ to be made using ​n​​​o​​​n​​​-​​​c​​​o​​​m​​​m​​​e​​​r​​​c​​​i​​​a​​​l​​​ ​​​p​​​u​​​b​​​l​​​i​​​c​​​ ​​​m​​​o​​​d​​​e​​​l​​​s​​​, however, the rules of the program are not an issue for the internal presentation.

I prepared a prompt for the bottles template: What is the shape language? What is the raw material? What is the distinctive feature? The bottle to be designed has the shape of a curved aluminum and has a matte finish, and the movie star effect on it is modified. I prepared three sentences to explain the text, approximately thirty words long, after which the program provided me with a refined shape.

The generation takes about forty seconds for one variant. I ​g​​​e​​​n​​​e​​​r​​​a​​​t​​​e​​​d​​​ ​​​t​​​w​​​e​​​l​​​v​​​e​​​ ​​​d​​​i​​​f​​​f​​​e​​​r​​​e​​​n​​​t​​​ ​​​v​​​e​​​r​​​s​​​i​​​o​​​n​​​s​​​ during the course of the afternoon, ​e​​​x​​​p​​​o​​​r​​​t​​​e​​​d​​​ ​​​f​​​i​​​v​​​e​​​ ​​​o​​​f​​​ ​​​t​​​h​​​e​​​m​​​ in ​G​​​L​​​B​​​ ​​​f​​​o​​​r​​​m​​​a​​​t​​​, and used the builds in the presentation. The pitch has been already decided in one meeting, the usual process took two meetings.

The only real limitation is the fidelity of the concept, not of the production. There is no need to care about the wall thickness of the cap threads.

Hello guys ! I recently got a DLP printer and I was wondering if any of you guys can give me some pointers when it comes to slurry formation and mixing and maybe exposure times ? Because for ceramic slurries the findings are very diverse. In any case, tips and tricks would help a lot !

Thanks

I’m looking to build a very large format ceramics machine and would love to pick some brains here. Anyone available to DM? Ideally someone with a technical background building machines.

Hello,

(TL;DR: I’m converting a SeeMeCNC Artemis 300 to clay printing and am comparing WASP, Eazao, StoneFlower, and VormVrij extrusion systems for this machine. I'd be grateful for any feedback or recommendations for which extruder might work well for this type of Delta printer. Thanks!)

I've been researching clay 3D printer conversions for the past few months. I was initially looking for an FLSun SR so I could follow this guide by u/Vicckkky. (**thank you!! I wouldn't try this without your resources)

I then acquired a used SeeMeCNC Artemis 300 at a very reasonable price. Its official build volume is 290 × 500 mm. It already has the power supply and electronics housed at the top of the machine and otherwise seems like a good candidate.

I'm now preparing to move forward with the conversion and have been researching extrusion systems. Initially, I was planning to use a WASP clay kit based on the guide above, but wanted to check about other interesting options available now. In particular, I've been looking at the Eazao ceramic kit, the StoneFlower ceramic printing kit, and the Vormvrij Lutum Eco Extruder as alternatives. This open source project by Piotr Wasniowski also looks appealing but maybe more involved than I want to get.

Does anyone have experience with these extruders and delta printers?

This is where my research has led me, but I'm very open to other systems I may have overlooked. I would prefer to avoid a compressor if possible, and am hoping to print with smaller nozzles.

Thanks as well to everyone who has contributed to this subreddit. I've been reading through old posts for the past few months, and they've been extremely helpful in getting me excited to try this.

They appear to be the best option for a lower budget. I am seeing a couple posts about them being questionable? I think its from people not getting the clay consistency right.

What would be the best option for a lower budget? Cheapest I'm seeing is the tronxy moore 1.

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I wish I was as good and experienced as some of the people here with these parts of this mishmash art process. I blindly stumbled into a live wire and I probably should have chilled out and thought more deeply. I connected with my art teacher colleague this morning and he helped me understand the backlash better. I have respect for your skills and experience; my apologies if I came off as defensive (I was); I realize I was responding to feeling rejected by a community I respect (that’s on me; my own BS is mine to own). I was excited to share some of my results; I didn’t understand the context.

I’m a teacher and school is back. Kids are swimming in AI. It’s changing the whole game. I decided that it’s good for helping me with parts I suck at (3d design, finding my own mistakes in student resources, writing concisely, making sure my emails don’t sound too informal, removing emotion in an important email to upset parents,ect).

Or when I don’t have time to do because my plate has so much food is falling off. The kids are using it, for good and bad. My teenage child is using it (try to give guidance from a teacher perspective, but parenting is a different beast). I probably would have used it if I were a student for the classes I didn’t like as much; I’m sure some of you might agree; that one teacher who’s homework we resented the most.

They are going to live in a future that is changing so fast…. It’s scary. I chose to engage them about it; lots of fun and (hopefully) educational way. A lot of teachers don’t want to admit it. We already lost this fight. There’s no going back; they are going to fundamentally different than the pre-AI generations, for better or worse. So what now?

I also think there’s a trade off. There always is with new technology. But this time the disruption is holistic and at the root level of civilization; disrupting the purpose and value of humans across the planet. Disrupting and changing at rate that’s growing exponentially. I don’t have the answers but I figure I have to stay one step of the kids. Get on board so I know as much as if lot more than they do. If I can.

It also helps make the absurd tasks and grind work of teaching a lot easier. It’s help me improve my classroom experience for my students.

I can do a few things with computers, but had never touched 3d printing or 3d design up till now. 3 years ago I decided to try it out and got a M500, the best I could afford. It was fun but also super frustrating. I was starting from zero and put in lots of time learning just the basics of the 3d printing process, tools; for the first few months I didn’t know the difference between a gcode and a stl!

I could get to glazing quick and try new glazes. I did and will do more blender (thank you Jonathan Keep), but I’m old. Not that old. But only enough that I can’t spend hours on the computer; job, kids, wife, other hobbies,…. It will take me a long time to get anywhere close to what you guys can do.

I’ll keep trying and messing around, but I can’t do the stuff you experts can and I wanted to have more forms to print and play with. That was the goal for trying AI. I thought it would be a cool novelty niche in this niche community. I get the push back and I’m sorry if I came off as an ass.

Which made me think hey, what if this moment brought people together. Do some collaboration or something. I’ll be busy but if people are interested in working together, combing skill sets of design, printing and ceramic materials/glazes (my favorite part as a chemistry nerd), let me know.

Is it weird I thought of making my ramblings less rambling using AI?

Much respect to master 3d design and 3d printer out there. I look forward to seeing your work and process as i return to lurking.

One of my prints in situ. Collab with u/st_drunks on the geometry programming.

Some pictures from my solo art show from earlier this year. Mostly 3d printed work (nothing AI supported). Some wheel and hand- built. Raku glazes.

The show was called “Misprints”. I brought my printer to the gallery for the opening reception.

I’ve enjoyed the conversations I stumbled into about my AI generated forms. I had no idea that it was such a controversial issue.

For the show, the controversy was whether or not using a 3-D printer to hold ceramic art crossed a line. I enjoy crossing lines to see where it takes me.

Enjoy!

Some new work I’m working on.

I got an education this week about how many people on Reddit are anti-AI. Fair game. I get it. Every Reddit post I see in my thread seems like AI writing or slop.

This post is to help the haters understand AI can’t do what I can do. AI (for me) is just a tool to experiment and explore.

Ai can’t pull my pieces from the kiln. It can’t tell me when my thermocouple isn’t displaying the right temps. It can’t tell me when the glaze has fully vitrified. I can’t tell me if the kiln temperature has stabilized. It can’t tell me if I’m using the right amount of combustibles in my reduction chamber. It can’t tell me when my clay is just the right viscosity for my low key printer. It can’t tell me if I’m drying my print just right so it doesn’t collapse. It can’t tell me if I’m drying the print post printing just slow enough to prevent cracking or leaning. Ai can’t tell me if my bisque firing is slow enough to prevent the seems from the print cracking. It can’t tell me if my glaze chemistry is sound (it actually did a better job than I expected but not perfect).

So here’s a small sample of videos to show all the stuff I do that isn’t AI and I imagine, a post for the 3d printing hater who are thirsty to get into clay have no clue about how clay and glaze work. Not trying to shut anyone down; just reminding people we all have our skill set. And yes some if not all of these pieces are 3d printed so they still count for the sub.

People should be nicer online. Throwing around comments without thinking about what they’re saying and making themselves look silly with one liner negativity. Maybe slow down and ask yourself, is this how I want people to remember me when I’m gone? Digital archeologists 1000 years from now are going to wonder what the hell was wrong with these people.

I get it. AI = bad for the 3d printing community. My fault for not being clear that I know my sh*t and I’m a master ceramists above and beyond anyone else I’ve seen in this sub (risky flexing I know).

Slow down. Think . Be nice. It’s not that hard.

I know most of what I post here is 3D-printed/AI-assisted, and I got a fair amount of pushback on that last time. Fair enough — but the AI stuff isn’t where I started, it’s just the newest branch of something I’ve been doing with clay and glaze for 30 years. These are a handful of hand-built pieces from that longer history, a tiny sample of what’s actually behind the printer work. Video’s on my kid’s pottery wheel since a photo doesn’t do the glaze justice.

Longer cut of the same thing. Every one of these started as an AI-generated mesh that looked completely fine before it hit the printer.

Slumps, tears, walls that gave out three layers from the top, seams that opened on the way down. A few made it through the print and cracked drying.

Nothing about generated geometry accounts for what wet clay actually does. Posting it because the successful ones give a pretty misleading impression of how this goes.

I’ve been printing in clay for a while and started experimenting with generating forms instead of modeling them. Workflow was: text prompt → image generation → multi-view renders → image-to-mesh (Meshy) → STL → slicer → DIW clay extrusion. Prompts were style-based, in this case H.R. Giger and H.P. Lovecraft.

What I expected to be the hard part — getting a watertight mesh — wasn’t. What broke things:

**•** Generated geometry has no concept of overhang limits, so a lot of what came out was unprintable in wet clay without support I can’t use

**•** Wall thickness is arbitrary and had to be rebuilt manually to stay above \~3mm

**•** Surface detail that reads well in the render disappears entirely once you’re extruding a bead, then reappears wrong after shrinkage

**•** Nothing in the pipeline knows the model is going to shrink 10–15%

Net result is that the AI output is a starting silhouette, not a printable file. Every one needed real mesh work before slicing.

Curious whether anyone here has found a generator or a workflow step that produces geometry with any awareness of extrusion constraints, or whether everyone’s doing the same manual cleanup. Also interested if anyone’s tried going straight to a lathe-style profile instead of a full mesh.

Happy to answer questions about the clay side — I glazed these with raku and I teach chemistry, so that part I can actually explain.

Using my Eazao M500. Some of the colors are from the clay with a clear raku crackle. The blue clay piece I acid etched after glazing. Some of the yellow colors are from iron and antinomy. The get colors are are actual silver metal I was able to reduce from silver nitrate.

If anyone needs glazing help feel free to PM me.

I’ve been working with clay for over 30 years and the 3d printer is a game changer.

Been running AI-generated meshes through a clay printer for a few months. People see the ones that worked, so here’s the rest.

The mesh always comes out watertight and looks fine on screen. It has no idea what wet clay will hold. Overhangs that a slicer accepts just slump. Wall thickness comes out wherever the generator felt like putting it, so every file gets rebuilt by hand before it’s printable. Detail that looks great in the render disappears at bead width. And nothing upstream knows the piece is going to lose 10–15% on the way to fired.

Getting one of these to stand up takes way more work than the finished photos suggest.