Hot Wire Extensions
2015
Waste Nylon Powder, Silica Sand
The Hot Wire Extensions project explores alternative processes of making. The innovative technique reuses waste nylon powder from SLS 3D printing, a material currently not recycled. The process starts by building a shape from thin nichrome wire that fits within the dimensions of a cuboid container. The wire is placed inside the box, filled with a mixture of pure silica sand and waste nylon powder. Sand acts both as a filler material, preventing the nylon powder from dripping off the wire, and also as a heat conductor. A battery sends an electric current through the resistant metal, melting the surrounding nylon. The process turns the transient into a solid, seamlessly binding the material to find its own organic, bone-like ideal structure.
The Hot Wire Extensions process was initially developed by former Studio ilio (Seongil Choi and Fabio Hendry) in 2015. The process is made possible through the collaboration with Additive (formerly Digits2widgets) who supplies the waste material.
Hot Wire Extensions
2015
Waste Nylon Powder, Silica Sand
The Hot Wire Extensions project explores alternative processes of making. The innovative technique reuses waste nylon powder from SLS 3D printing, a material currently not recycled. The process starts by building a shape from thin nichrome wire that fits within the dimensions of a cuboid container. The wire is placed inside the box, filled with a mixture of pure silica sand and waste nylon powder. Sand acts both as a filler material, preventing the nylon powder from dripping off the wire, and also as a heat conductor. A battery sends an electric current through the resistant metal, melting the surrounding nylon. The process turns the transient into a solid, seamlessly binding the material to find its own organic, bone-like ideal structure.
The Hot Wire Extensions process was initially developed by former Studio ilio (Seongil Choi and Fabio Hendry) in 2015. The process is made possible through the collaboration with Additive (formerly Digits2widgets) who supplies the waste material.
