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Digital elements for the studio.

As an ever present studio element, digital resources are helping us shape the contemporary ceramics studio experience. We are going beyond the direct production of objects as digitally produced elements of focus, and viewing the printed as a direct link to tool production. Rethinking the digital element as a tools source and studio aide opens the door to endless possibilities on how makers with traditional approaches can use the digital elements as aide rather than a replacement. Included on this page are files for you digital printer to produce studio tools that have direct applications to hands on production. Please feel free to use tour files and make them your own and please share your designs with us. All shared files will be cited and attributed to the designer. 


Extruder Dies.

Our extruder dies are made with the use of a North Star Extruder in mind. The print parameter for our dies fit and work well with a 108mm x 108mm x 6mm print at 45% infill. We are producing dies in our studio with a standard Makerbot printer using PLA filament. All dies printed at this density infill are being used in combination with a printed blockout plate at 100% infill at 3-5mm thickness. The 100% infill rigid block out plate allows for lesser density infill dies and quicker production speed. While 100% infill dies are stronger we've found that density level to be un-necessary and time consuming. The stacked die and block out plates are more than sufficient in the extruder using a medium stiffness clay bodies. Side Profile Handle dies on the other hand require a significantly denser infill do to the largely unsupported undercut areas of the handles. Experiment and see what works best for you.
extruder template
Blockout Plate
Block Out Plate Full
Handles 2
Rim & Foot
Gallery & Rim
Koen Vrij Rims
Blob
The Punisher
Handles 3
Side Profile Handle
Handles 4
Mickey Rim & Handles
Side Profile Handle 2
Thick Side Profile Handle
Thumb Stop Handle
Handle3
KV Twisting 1 of 2
KV Twisting Core 2 of 2
Oval Handles 1
Burst Handles
Bumpy Handles
Handles 1
Thin Straps
Round Profiles
Stacked Ovals
Handles AA
Clouds
Organic
Medium Coil
Class Glaze Tile
extruder_tempalte.psd
File Size: 323 kb
File Type: psd
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gallery & Rim.obj
File Size: 415 kb
File Type: obj
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SideProfile Handle.obj
File Size: 472 kb
File Type: obj
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thumb stop handle.obj
File Size: 206 kb
File Type: obj
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burst_handles.obj
File Size: 738 kb
File Type: obj
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stacked_ovals.obj
File Size: 415 kb
File Type: obj
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Class Glaze Tile.obj
File Size: 103 kb
File Type: obj
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blockout_plate.obj
File Size: 8 kb
File Type: obj
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Koen Vrij Rims.obj
File Size: 392 kb
File Type: obj
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Handles4.obj
File Size: 352 kb
File Type: obj
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handle3.obj
File Size: 80 kb
File Type: obj
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bumphandles.obj
File Size: 606 kb
File Type: obj
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handles_aa.obj
File Size: 310 kb
File Type: obj
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blockout_plate_full.obj
File Size: 8 kb
File Type: obj
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Blob.obj
File Size: 588 kb
File Type: obj
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Mickey.obj
File Size: 703 kb
File Type: obj
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twisting_die.stl
File Size: 196 kb
File Type: stl
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Handles1.obj
File Size: 556 kb
File Type: obj
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clouds.obj
File Size: 659 kb
File Type: obj
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Handles2.obj
File Size: 559 kb
File Type: obj
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Punisher.obj
File Size: 420 kb
File Type: obj
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handle_profile2.obj
File Size: 269 kb
File Type: obj
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twisting_interior.stl
File Size: 44 kb
File Type: stl
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thin_straps.obj
File Size: 563 kb
File Type: obj
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organic.obj
File Size: 523 kb
File Type: obj
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rims&feet.obj
File Size: 397 kb
File Type: obj
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CrabX.obj
File Size: 441 kb
File Type: obj
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thick side profile HDL.obj
File Size: 121 kb
File Type: obj
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oval_handles_1.obj
File Size: 365 kb
File Type: obj
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round_profiles.obj
File Size: 432 kb
File Type: obj
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Medium Coli.obj
File Size: 76 kb
File Type: obj
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