The School of Jewellery were very fortunate to have been given 2 Autodesk Ember 3D Printers to aid the Design for Industry course and really push project development. In conjunction with this Autodesk hired 5 students (myself being one of them) to run the machines and blog about the process.
So, at the beginning of the school year we had 1 printer which was able to print in resin. This was great for model making and testing designs. Students were then able to mould this if they wanted or take their STL files to be printed and in a cast able material in our School Tech Hub so it could be cast in precious metal. It was great to be able to test students work to see what worked and what didn't to really push their design process insuring that they were able to design build able files that could be made a reality with 3D printing. At the beginning of 2016 we received our second Ember 3D printer. This was along with a cast able wax that could be printed. This was great because it meant that we could now test students work first in resin then go straight to wax. By having this all at the school and ran by students it meant that we were able to communicate with each other, help when peers were having problems and hopefully shorten the time that students could receive a wax model that they could take to casting. All of this was at no cost to the student, which helps so much in the early stages of design development. Sorry this has been a very wordy post, I wanted to make sure I explained everything to you to keep you up to date. I've been working on trying to collect some images to show you so you can see the sorts of projects that we undertake. I hope to follow this up soon with a link to our own Ember Tech Blog page and Instagram so keep an eye on my blog for updates! Thanks for reading!
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I am unbelievably honoured to have been awarded Bronze for my CAD Presentation. The ceremony was spectacular and getting to see the amazing Goldsmiths Hall again was wonderful. The atmosphere was amazing and everyone was so supportive. |
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