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Ti-6Al-4V Gyroids Collection

Titanium Ring by Consuelo Keller Coded 3D Printed Finished by Hand

Ring Gyroid R_C4_4_4_T10

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Ring Gyroid R_C10_10_5_T15

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Titanium Bracelet by Consuelo Keller Coded 3D Printed Finished by Hand

Bracelet Gyroid R_C10_10_5_T15

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Ring Gyroid R_C25_25_5_T30

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Ring Gyroid R_C20_20_5_T25

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Bracelet Gyroid R_C20_20_5_T25

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Ring Gyroid C_C20_20_8_T25

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Ring Gyroid C_C20_20_15_T25

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Bracelet Gyroid C_C20_20_15_T25

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Ring Gyroid C_C5_5_5_T12b

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Ring Gyroid C_C5_5_5_T12a

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Bracelet Gyroid C_C5_5_5_T12a

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Ring Gyroid R_C6_6_100_T35

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Ring Gyroid R_C6_100_6_T35

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Bracelet Gyroid R_C6_100_6_T35

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The Ti-6Al-4V Gyroids Collection is based on a single shape, the gyroid, and combines creative coding, direct metal 3D printing in titanium and traditional craftsmanship.

The overall shapes of the rings and bracelets were programmed with a graphic algorithmic editor and the triply periodic minimal surfaces that fill them have been generated using volumetric modeling controlled by code.

The pieces were drawn by numbers, playing with variables to find new shapes. Not single objects were designed, but a system with sets of rules was programmed in order to explore a vast design space and create a family of objects based on a single shape.

The collection was materialized with professional grade 3D printers, using an advanced additive manufacturing process for metal: Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). Titanium powder (Ti-6Al-4V) was selectively melted in 0.03 mm thin layers by a numerically controlled laser beam.

The printing was executed at the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences School of Engineering in Winterthur (project leader: Livia Zumofen), where different aspects related to direct additive manufacturing in titanium were investigated in a research based project with the support of Innosuisse.

Ultimately the dexterity of the machine was paired with the intelligence of the hand: the pieces were selectively filed, sanded and polished by hand applying traditional handcraft methods.

The gyroid, an infinitely connected triply periodic minimal surface discovered in 1970 by physicist and computer scientist Alan Schoen. All pieces of the collection are based on code manipulated variations of this shape.

For the first iteration of the collection 10 rings and 5 bracelets were selected from the multiple coded series and have been materialized in titanium. Letters and numbers in the name stand for the main parameters that controlled the gyroid based shapes that fill the respective piece. Hence rings and bracelets with the same sequence of letters and numbers share the same parameters. The collection can thus be extended, varying the gyroid patterns by applying different parameters or including the same patterns in different shapes.

Dimensions rings: 40 x 37 x 44 mm. Dimensions bracelets: 40 x 55 x 18 mm, with Japanese grosgrain ribbon.   
Rings and bracelets can also be worn as pendants.