autonomatic_team_tavs jorgensen

tavs jorgensen

project_Conducting Form

One of the main issues of using the computer as a creative tool is the unintuitive nature of the work situation. Computers present countless new creative possibilities but nothing can be more uninspiring than opening screen of a CAD drawing program. It is a work situation that could not be further away from that experienced by the craft practitioner, who works directly and intuitively with material and form. This project is an attempt to find a way of using the computer toolset in a far more physical, intuitive or even 'human' way. The main equipment used for the project is a 'data glove'. A data glove is a piece of equipment based on the technology of 'motion capture', which is used extensively in the film and animation industry. The equipment tracks the movement or expressions of an actor directly into a computer animation program. This data is then use to create special effects etc.

In this project the movement data recorded by the data-glove is not used for special effects but imported into a CAD program where it forms the basis for 'solid' shapes that can be realized by a computer controlled milling machine.

The project has now resulted in a series of pieces which have created using this process. The motion seats are perhaps the most successful creation from the project so far. The tops of the seats are milled directly from the form described whilst wearing the glove. The ‘ripples’ in surfaces are created by accurately reflecting the trembling of the fingers while describing the shape, incorporating the visual evidence of the hand of the maker in the final aesthetic of the piece.

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