Video: Printable Clock: The Cuckoo Project by Stilnest
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
An international design team has designed a modern version of the cuckoo clock for the London 3D Printing Festival, combining the latest technological advances with the aesthetics of one of the most conservative crafts of the 18th century.
"Cuckoo" () is a joint project of six designers from different countries (Mexico, Belgium, Germany, England and the Netherlands), timed to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new 3D printing products in London. It was initiated by the curators, a collective dedicated to the dissemination of digital art and art objects created using modern technology, to bring to life “a crazy idea that haunted [them] for a long time: creating a replica of a traditional German cuckoo clock in keeping with the spirit of the times. Of the 21st century”.
A typical cuckoo clock is equipped with a pendulum and a chime that mimics the singing of a cuckoo and is accompanied by the appearance of a bird figurine, usually wooden or metal. The first such watches were produced in the 18th century in the Black Forest in Germany. They gained popularity with the speed with which viral videos are spreading on the net these days, and they firmly occupied the German living rooms, and after them all of Europe. For three hundred years, the traditional cuckoo clock has hardly changed. Moreover, watches made outside the Black Forest are still considered a cheap fake in the circles of connoisseurs.
The history of the emergence of 3D printing has developed exactly the opposite. The first 3D printer appeared quite a long time ago - Chuck Hull created the first working model back in 1984, but it did not cause much excitement at that time. But with the advent of a new digital era, Hull's invention was not only remembered - 3D printing has become one of the most promising technologies of the 21st century. The latest 3D printer models are relatively compact and cost less than a thousand dollars. Further development of the area is in the hands of engineers, architects, designers and even fashion designers.
The project team included designers who have already earned a certain fame for their work in the field of 3D graphics and experiments with 3D printing. Before starting work on "Kukushka" they did not know each other and never collaborated with each other. Each of them worked on a separate part of the mechanism. For example, designer Daniel Hilldrup designed a stylized heart-shaped clock pendulum based on the idea of functional similarity; and Michiel Cornelissen, known for his love of birds, came up with the design for the cuckoo itself.
In total, the project took five weeks to develop, although until the very last moment all working models existed exclusively in digital form, and the printing process itself took only about 36 hours. The finished watches combine modern production technologies and the warmth of the centuries-old art of old masters.
The potential applications for 3D printing are virtually limitless. One of them is being researched by Rob and Nick Carter's "Transforming" project.
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