KILNFOLDEMBER GAIT
CLAYWET
TEST BAKES0 / 3
SEED—
FORM 01 / WET CLAYINTEGRITY 100%
Shape the walking vessel.
Choose a node, then drag to sculpt. Two contacts make a gait. Heavy heads lunge; light heads travel. A wet repair can soften remembered seams, but it leaves more mass behind.
SELECTED NODE 0 · REAR FOOT
NODE MASS 1.00×
A D node W S move , . mass 1 contact R reset form
The clay remembers.
20°C
LEAN0.00
A MACRO CERAMIC AUTOMATON TRIAL
KILNFOLD
Seven pieces of clay. Two planted feet. One bell beyond the kiln arch. Three test bakes teach the body, then one final firing asks what it will become.
DRAG sculptPINCH massT temperENTER testESC pause
No prior silhouettes.
FIRING SUSPENDED
The kiln holds its breath.
The form and test ledger are safe.
BENCH MANUAL
Seven nodes, one gait.
- A D / ← →
- Choose one of seven clay nodes.
- W S / ↑ ↓
- Raise or lower the selected node.
- , .
- Lighten or mass the selected node.
- 1 / C
- Plant rear or front foot contact.
- ENTER
- Run the next test bake; three escalating bakes precede the final firing.
- DRAG / PINCH
- Move the selected node / change its mass on touch.
- T
- Re-wet a stressed seam; the selected node gains mass.
- R / M / ESC
- Reset form / mute / pause.
Two contacts distribute load. A low center and even links survive the dry transition. Test bakes leave stress in the seams; one wet repair softens them but adds mass to the selected node. The red load paths widen before a crack.
FIRING COMPLETE
The vessel rings.
Clay remembers every successful step.
COOLING SHELF