Robotic Etching: The creation of digital etching using robotics

This paper looks at the potentials afforded by robots when applied to traditional printing techniques such as etching. Through experiments using an adapted drawing robot, this study explores the possibilities of creating works where a traditional etching needle is placed into a robot, opening up a new field of digitally enabled etching. This work is conducted through a case study with the artist and printmaker Ian Chamberlain.

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Verity Winslow

Paul O’Dowd

Ian Chamberlain

Carinna Parraman

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Publication date: July 2019

Publication date (Print): July 2019

Pages: 97-102

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[0001]Centre for Fine Print

Research, University of

the West of England,

Bristol, BS3 2JT, UK

[0002]Faculty of Engineering,

University of Bristol

Bristol, BS81UB, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.20

SO-VID: 309bb655-d5a5-48a4-a04a-3d94a66098a7

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2019

Conference acronym: EVA 2019

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 8 - 11 July 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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D. J. Bakkum et al 2007 MEART: The semiliving artist Frontiers in Neurorobotics 1 doi: 10.3389/neuro.12.005.2007
O. DeussenT. LindemeierS. PirkM. Tautzenberger 2012 Feedback-guided stroke placement for a painting machine 25 33
D. HerathC. Kroos 2016 Robots and Art.-Exploring an Unlikely Symbiosis Springer
W. M. Ivings 1953 Prints and Visual Communication MIT Press Cambridge
P. Laidler 2011 Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer PhD, University of the West of England
L. Moura 2007 A new kind of art: The robotic action painter X Generative Art Conferece, Politecnico di Milano University
G. White 2006 Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing New Riders
P. TressetF. Fol Leymarie 2013 Portrait drawing by Paul the robot Computers & Graphics 37 348 363

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[1] D. J. Bakkum et al 2007 MEART: The semiliving artist Frontiers in Neurorobotics 1 doi: 10.3389/neuro.12.005.2007

[2] O. DeussenT. LindemeierS. PirkM. Tautzenberger 2012 Feedback-guided stroke placement for a painting machine 25 33

[3] D. HerathC. Kroos 2016 Robots and Art.-Exploring an Unlikely Symbiosis Springer

[4] W. M. Ivings 1953 Prints and Visual Communication MIT Press Cambridge

[5] P. Laidler 2011 Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer PhD, University of the West of England

[6] L. Moura 2007 A new kind of art: The robotic action painter X Generative Art Conferece, Politecnico di Milano University

[7] G. White 2006 Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing New Riders

[8] P. TressetF. Fol Leymarie 2013 Portrait drawing by Paul the robot Computers & Graphics 37 348 363

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