SVA_Residency_NYC_Thomas Everett Green

Today, we looked at prototyping and creating/making using an Extrusion ceramics process called Techno Ceramics.   The computer uses .STL files (generally associated with most Autodesk programs) to create forms.  The computer and the machine has some limitations and possibly counter-intuitive interpretations of design,  and these are discussed by Nicholas Touron 354_7074 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7075 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7076 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7077 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7078 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo .

There are a couple projects that I potentially see myself working on during the next four weeks.   The conceptual basis pivots between my interest in two main ideas 1. of the "visual trigger" initiating an emotional/psychological response on the viewer, and 2. the psychological and dysphoric experience the viewer is having during that moment. More about visual triggers and these concepts can be read by clicking to my introduction page.   And, on the internet, a few explanations help to explain the terms and meaning. HERE  and HERE I would like to work with laser cutting to create lenticular prints.     Lenticular prints can be printed on plastic to look like a holographic image or also made manually by cutting images (usually in strips) to reveal two images.  Here is a short animation explaining the process and structure. However, my prints will be extracted using op-art patterns that I am creating in Adobe Illustrator to dissect the image...

Introduction to some of the fabrication equipment in the metals shop.    Mig and Tig welders and CnC plasma cutting is also available for shop fees.   There are numerous bending and metal manipulation tools at our disposal as well.  Since I am very familiar with welding and many of the tools, I didn't take video, but took video of these for reminders on safety and proper use. 354_7070 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7071 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7072 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo . 354_7073 from Thomas Everett Green on Vimeo .

Digital Printing Rates  3D PRINT RATES 

Today we looked at 3D printing and CNC routers as well as the computer labs, printing stations and the wood shop.   The print process and wood shop are state of the art, but not anything unfamiliar to those who have worked in print shops or wood shops.     Here are videos of the overview and demonstrations provided on the digital prototyping and cutting machines.  Some of these 3D printers use a process called sintering, which in my opinion is far superior to extrusion building.   3D printing breaks down into two categories, sintering and extrusion.  Extrusion is much like a pastry bag that deposits material in a layering effect to "build" forms.  Sintering uses lasers, light, or heat the melt materials into forms layer by layer by layer or uses a glue like substance to adhere layers as it builds upwards.  One of the great benefits to this is the lack of need for "supports" to be printed and later removed from the final object.     Mor...

After the introduction process, we were given a tour and allowed to select studios.   Although it's nice to sometimes look out the window and remind yourself that you are in a "city that never sleeps," I have selected a basement studio along with my dear friend Sarah Ahmad, whose beautiful work can be seen by clicking here.    Potentially, we might be working with video projections and installation, so the basement allows us to control lighting in a more effective way. The studios are not huge, but the facility is impressive.  During our tour, we were shown the Potter-bot, a rapid prototyping and 3D printing type technology that "prints" using clay to create forms from digital designs, which could potentially be molded and then reproduced or cast in metal or plastic. Another level of the facility houses a 3D print and laser studio with CNC, where more prototyping or creation can exist from digital technology.  Some of these 3D printers use a process called...

Day 1.  We are giving a 10 minute description of our work and some of the conceptual and aesthetic foundations and inspirations from other artists (in the contemporary arts).  The guest artist reviewing the work is  Ron Baron , who will be leading the residency workshop for the next five weeks. My goal for this residency is to refresh, learn new skill sets and technologies, and give myself a chance to reinvent the direction and aesthetic behind my work.  For the past 4 years, my work has been centralized around the idea of the "visual trigger."   A term used in addiction theory to reflect the conditioned response that can occur as result of a visual cue.  The observer (addict) will sometimes lose sense of right and wrong and participate in unwarranted or unhealthy behaviors.  Of course, visual triggers are experienced by everyone.  Who hasn't been told to "buy this, eat this, or do that" through advertising?   Visual seduction is used by fo...