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3D Printing Ceramics With The Cerambot Eazao

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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I backed the first kickstarter that Cerambot put out, a 3D printer capable of printing in ceramics for under $400. That kit was successful and it arrived as stated. Overall, the printer seems fine, but lacked a little refinement. When I saw that they were returning with an updated, and easier to use, version I […]

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Sarah Duyer’s Creepy Pottery Looks Like it Will Crawl Away

Sarah Duyer’s Creepy Pottery Looks Like it Will Crawl Away

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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Sarah Duyer’s series of teapots and cups, fittingly titled “Comfort/Discomfort,” seem as if they’re crawling away on insectoid legs.

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This Custom Machine 3D Prints Incredible Ceramic Sculptures

This Custom Machine 3D Prints Incredible Ceramic Sculptures

Taekyeom Lee

By Taekyeom Lee

Taekyeom Lee

Taekyeom is currently an Assistant professor of Graphic Design at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He is an interdisciplinary artist although he prefers to call himself a designer using artistic force. He received an MFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has made three-dimensional type as a series of typographic explorations to strive challenge and seek a new way to create tangible type in three-dimensional space. Recently, he infused CAD design and 3D printing into his research and has been working on ceramic 3D printer and 3D printing process.

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It’s taken many prototypes, but Taekyeom Lee has created a 3D printer that can extrude clay to create ceramic sculptures.

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Watch Intricate Moroccan Tile Mosaics Shaped by Hand

Watch Intricate Moroccan Tile Mosaics Shaped by Hand

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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See how “zellige,” or Moroccan tile, is created by hand to produce beautiful mosaics in a process that has existed for millennia.

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The Japanese Art of Recognizing Beauty in Broken Things

The Japanese Art of Recognizing Beauty in Broken Things

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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In Japan, craftsmen practice the ancient art of kintsugi, or “golden joinery,” which is a method of restoring a broken object with lacquer.

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