Crafts are losing the fields of production and technology that have been preserved in history due to the rapid development and spread of 3D printers in recent years. About 100 years ago, Walter Benjamin, worried that art would lose its role due to the...
Crafts are losing the fields of production and technology that have been preserved in history due to the rapid development and spread of 3D printers in recent years. About 100 years ago, Walter Benjamin, worried that art would lose its role due to the development of reproduction technology, as in the present situation, argued that the value of art should be preserved through the restoration of the aura. What is the aura of art that Benjamin said, and how can it be applied to crafts to solve the problems of the present age? Crafts are like humans. Unlike replicas, there is direct communication with the material, and although it is cumbersome, there is directness in making it directly using tools. In addition, although the machine's operating time evaporates and disappears as time for production, the process of production in crafts has historical significance as a process of continuous dialogue between materials, works, and artists. As a craftsman, I would like to reinterpret the process of 3D printers to prove that crafts are different from replicas.
Similar to how 3D printers create shapes through lamination, the process of creating shapes by stacking layers through metal is studied as follows.
first. A study on techniques and concepts of crafts using lamination second. Comparison between mechanical lamination and craft lamination third. A study on the possibility of lamination using welding fourth. Production of modeling works through lamination of welding Through a series of processes, one can understand the concept of lamination and study new methods of expression of metal molding to find the possibility of craft in the rapidly changing society and flow of modern art.
Through this study, I tried to find the identity of craft by reinterpreting the process of 3D printer (FDM) in a craft. Its beginning was a study on the direction of craft in the rapid development of cloning technology and manufacturing technology. The craftsmanship and aura of crafts, in contrast to machine production and reproduction, are the human qualities of crafts and the identity of crafts that most closely interacts with humans. If we do not establish the identity of crafts corresponding to the rapidly changing times, we will be eroded by the reproduction technology. In order for our crafts to coexist with technology and tools, we must first establish the craftsmanship and identity of crafts.