Experimental Clay Residency 2023

Jeff Suina worked on a series of forms that integrate Cochiti Pueblo pottery traditions with digital design and 3D printing. Above: a form is designed in Blender, a 3D modeling software, 3D printed, then smoothed and painted by hand.

Monica Silva-Lovato worked on a series of computationally design and 3D printed artifacts. Above: a form is computationally designed, sliced with the lab’s WeaveSlicer software, 3D printed, shaped by hand and then pit fired. This pot won a first place award at the Santa Fe Indian Market in the Boundary Category and was the first ever 3D printed pottery shown at the prestigious Native art and craft market.