DEEPTIME
Deep time is the concept of geologic time.
The kind of timescale where continents dance and mountains rise and fall.
Deep time is the concept of geologic time.
The kind of timescale where continents dance and mountains rise and fall.
Inspired by the natural forms, we morph these visible regularities of shape and give new expression to them.
The sand formed over fifty million years ago when rocks broke down from weathering and eroding.
Our 3D printing technique echoes the sedimentary process of stone-forming from layers and layers of sand.
As paleontologists do, the raw 3D printed artifacts are excavated from the pit and precisely cleaned.
Then repeatedly dipped into a specially developed hardener which infiltrates the porous shells and makes them airtight.
The secret is a slow and natural curing process that cultivates the true rigidity of the infiltrated sand structures. Great things take time.
From digging out the printed sculptures, cleaning and infiltration to the final assembly, each step is done manually with love and passion.
Finished designs are analyzed in an anechoic chamber, driven with a sine wave signal swept through the audible range.