The Woven Futures program provides access to innovative and digital technologies for textile, jewelry, and ceramic designers. It offers specialized theoretical and practical training with tools that enable participants to create works on the intersection of technology, art & design. The program imparts new knowledge and supports the development of innovative practices, creations, and products through design-driven research.

The program

This program is for you if you:

• are interested in experimenting with technology, but you don’t know where to start.

• want to gain exposure for your work.

• want to be part of a community of makers.

This program is NOT for you if you:

• have no experience in your chosen design field.

• want to learn design.

• want a deep technical training instead of a vision and overview of possibilities.

open to:

​textile designer/artist, fashion designer

Programme lenght:

1 month

Duration:

8 days

Language:

Hungarian

The manufacturing techniques of our time are easy for jewelry designers to master, yet few use them. Software design skills are lacking: digital manufacturing is only possible with digitally designed objects. On the other hand, it is necessary to understand the possibilities and limitations of modern technologies to integrate them into traditional manufacturing processes. Our contemporary jewelry design course focuses on these areas, allowing participants to produce sample pieces of their designs.

• specific Rhino sessions

• high-resolution 3D scanning and 3D printing, learning about the materials

• group and individual design consultation sessions
  manufacturing technology consultation

• 6 days of workshop time with machining assistance

• free use of the workshop after the course if required
  learning about the casting process 

• studio photography of the finished objects

• group exhibition and media presentation

Duration:

8 days

Language:

Hungarian

Participants can learn about different biodesign methods, growable biomaterials, and digital machining processes. They will explore the current uses of sustainable raw materials, the growing processes, and the coloring and patterning potential of the biomaterials. Material experiments will be worked into a collection of objects through digital design, printmaking, and laser cutting.

• specific CLO3D & digital design sessions

• kombucha, mycelium, and bioplastic recipes & production processes

• group and individual biodesign consultation sessions

• storage space to "grow" the creations

• studio photography of the finished objects

• group exhibition and media presentation

The participants of the course will learn to use JetClay, an open-source tool for 3D printing ceramics. JetClay shares their technological development with the maker community, publishing them in repositories like WikiFactory and also making workshops focusing on the building and use of these tools. During this workshop, artists will mix both digitally designed shape experiments and composite materials for printing. At the end of the workshop participants will be capable of designing for and fully independently operating the tool.The workshop serves as an introduction to ceramic 3D printing starting from the construction of a delta 3D printer with a printing and learning all the necessary to make the most of this emerging technology.

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