Hilda Piazzolla — Infill Works
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Infill Works by Hilda Piazzolla is a collection of sculptural objects created from 3D printed ceramic. Generally hidden away or discarded, infill patterns are utilised as structural components and supports when 3D printing complex forms. Rather than being removed, Piazzolla allows her unique digital compositions to express their innate sculptural qualities when transformed into physical ceramic objects. While extremely precise throughout the design and modelling stages prior to production, 3D printing in clay creates a natural diversity to the finished forms, with imperfections championed and highlighted by a selection of glazed and unglazed finishes.
Material and dimensions:
Cubic Vessel.
Porcelain, Glaze.
29 x 29 x 18.5 cm.
Grid Vessel.
Porcelain, Glaze.
29.5 x 29.5 x 20 cm.
Cubic Subdivision Tube.
Stoneware.
30 x 30 x 19 cm.
Zig Zag Vessel.
Porcelain, Glaze.
28 x 28 x 23 cm.
Cross 3D Vessel.
Porcelain, Glaze.
29 x 29 x 20 cm.
Year:
2025
PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
Benjamin Lund
LONG DESCRIPTION:
Exploring the possibilities and opportunities of working with 3D printed ceramics has been at the core of Hilda Piazzolla’s practice since her studies in ceramics. Where Infill Works diverges from her earlier experiments is through a more collaborative approach when working with digital modelling software. Rather than a singular eye over the final physical form, Infill Works allows Piazzolla to provide prompts and cues when working with CAD software – initiated by phantom objects such as vases, bowls and plates created in order to illicit a structural reaction from the software in the shape of complex supportive arrangements. Once these phantom objects are removed, the intricate nature of the infill patterns become the hero, communicating an innate beauty within shapes that originate from pure function. Through Piazzolla’s curation, the purely functional is transformed into a collection of decorative ceramic objects complete with distortions, textures and imperfections evident from their layered construction. While some pieces remain unglazed to highlight the unpredictability of 3D printing as gravity and weight begin to deform their perfect construction, vibrant coloured glaze has also been utilised to highlight the beauty of objects designed and produced through mathematical repetition.
DESIGNER BIO:
Hilda Piazzolla.
Ceramist, born 1988.
Working from a calm yet vibrant shared ceramic studio in the heart of Copenhagen, the work of Swedish/Danish ceramicist Hilda Piazzolla shifts between historical aesthetic touch-points and contemporary experimentation in craft processes. Having worked with 3D printed ceramics since her time at the Royal Danish Academy, her practice has grown and shifted with both technology and her own iterative experimentation in combining new technologies and rudimentary raw materials. While Piazzolla’s forms often spring from archetypal origins – vases, vessels and bowls, she juxtaposes this with the unique ability of additive manufacturing to distort and appropriate form, leading to work that can at times appear organic and at other times present as glitched or defective. Rather than utilising the repeated perfection allowed by computer aided design and manufacturing, Piazzolla is constantly tinkering and altering aspects of material and finish – shifting and mixing various clays and glazes – alongside technological modifications and intrusions that attribute unique characteristics and identities to each of her creations.
EDUCATION:
2017: MA in Design, Ceramic Form, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015: BA in Design, Industrial Design and Ceramic Form, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
GRANTS & HONOURS:
2020 – 2025: Working Grant, Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark.
2019: Formex Nova, Stockholm, Sweden.
2017: Marianne & Sigvard Bernadottes Art Awards, Sweden.
2017: Ung Svensk Form, Stockholm, Sweden.
EXHIBITIONS:
2025: Group Exhibition, Functional Clay, 3daysofdesign, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2025: Group Exhibition, Peach Corner, Ceramic Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
2024: Group Exhibition, CONTENT, Peach Corner, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
2024: Group Exhibition, Peach Corner, Ceramic Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
2023: Solo Exhibition, Differential Growth, Peach Corner, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
2021: Solo Exhibition in Collaboration with Alma Bangsgaard, Loop Works, Peach Corner, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
2021: Group Exhibition, Isola Design District, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy.
2019: Group Exhibition, Formex Nova, Formex, Stockholm, Sweden.
2017: Group Exhibition, Ceramics and its dimensions: Shaping the Future, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
2017: Group Exhibition, New Danish Modern – Reflections on Danish Design, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China.
2017: Group Exhibition, Ung Svensk Form, Stockholm, Sweden.
COLLECTIONS:
The Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
14th. August Association for Craft and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
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