The tool we built made use of a rotational axis which held a frame or substrate, and a linear axis with a custom extruder. Both axis were programmed to work together to create a cocoon form. To explore form making in this way we would vary the patterns, speeds, extruded materials, and substrates.
Some Examples of the artifacts that were produce through our novel manufacturing process.
One of our big discoveries was that there was another scale of fidelity that could be achieved through understand material behavior.
