Ron Rael (@ UC Berekely) provides the following late breaking news. Professor Rael has been an early collaborator with our lab.
"Are we the first in the world to 3D print translucent porcelain? It took us a while, but we did it!"
Assistant Professor Ronald Rael at the University of California at Berkeley and a team of architecture graduate students (Emily Licht, Colleen Paz, Brian Grieb and Plamena Milusheva) have developed a method for 3D printing translucent porcelain. Berkeley ceramics laboratory technician Ehren Tool and Ceramics Professor Richard Shaw contributed their expertise in developing the firing and glazing process of the durable printing objects. These may be the first translucent porcelain 3D printed objects in the world and the implications are endless.
UCB Porcelain Test Object
UCB Test Object demonstration Translucency
UCB Second Test Object demonstrated translucency
is any possibility I could contact you by mail, I am very keen to Know a bit more about your project, actually I am a researcher myself, my research is about rapid manufacturing and it possibilities. looking forward for your replay
Noemi
Yes, you may contact me at rrael@berkeley.edu
Dear Ronald,
I am a ceramic artist interested in translucent porcelain. Congratulations on your results! Do you have a porcelain recipe that you could share?
I would appreciate it very much!-Leslie
Basically you find a dry body porcelain for slip casting and mix it as you would any other ceramic -> 5 parts ceramic, 1 part malto dextrin, and 1 part powdered sugar. You actual proportions may very its a good start.