Ben Barbour Born/Home London, United Kingdom Education MFA Studio Art, 2019
These pieces are inspired by a seemingly insignificant wooden cog formerly used for the production of steel machinery components utilized in the extraction of china clay. In casting the object using the very material the cog was designed to process (porcelain), and by combining contemporary technologies such as 3D digital printing with traditional slip-casting techniques, a feedback loop is created between product and tool, and between contemporary and historic industrial processes and materials. benbarbour.wordpress.com
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(Left to right, top to bottom) 3D Printed Cog and Parts 2019 3D print and yellow PLA filament Dimensions variable Fired Cog Teeth, Test Pieces 2018 Slip-cast porcelain 5 x 1.5 x 2 inches Gypsum Molds 2018 Locally-sourced gypsum from Qatar Dimensions variable Cog Tooth 2018 Slip-cast porcelain with celadon green glaze 5 x 1.5 x 2 inches