Vessel 14B

Combining nascent technology with ancient and typified form, Blacklock’s 3d printed ceramics are one result of a group exhibition instigated in 2014 by the artist, and involving five artists and 3d Systems — a company dedicated to developing new formats of printer that explore different base materials to print in. The CeraJet, a 3d printing technology capable of printing objects in ceramic, allows the design and rapid creation of remarkably intricate forms, Blacklock’s vessels find permeable and altogether more sculptural than immediately functional state — each core punctured with geometric holes in remarkable honeycomb-like construction. “Vessel 14b” gives a tangible sense of how the piece has been created by the printer; the ceramic, built up in coiling layers, seems caught in a viscous stasis after firing — the resulting patterns manifesting many relationships between figurative or decorative wares. 3D printing in clay