Daniel Leiter

Daniel Leiter is an interdisciplinary visual artist and designer, realizing self-initiated art projects, conducting design-research and developing comissioned design projects within a framework of responsible resource usage and time-based media.

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toolpath
2023/24


 slip-cast porcelain series in milled plaster negative, based on custom parametric CAM software


initiated by: self-initiated

In their industrial environment, machines craft perfectly replicable geometric shapes and shiny surfaces, being controlled in such a way as to leave little or no trace of their interference with the material.
But how does machining time change shape? How far can shape be rationalised to the point of losing function? How does machine work relate to human work?

For toolpath, a computer-controlled milling machine was used to mill directly into wet plaster, producing a plaster negative that could be used for immediate slip casting.

The shape of the negative mould is defined by how the robot moves the cutter through the plaster material. To gain control of the robot's movement, custom CAM software was programmed to provide much more variability than conventional software. Starting with a parametric input shape, the toolpath and G-code are generated within the program.

By developing a toolpath rather than a surface, the project merges the design process with 3D data processing and mould making.





















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