KKV Monumental
20263D-Printing Workshop
Malmö, Sweden
Workshop teaching professional working artists an introduction to Rhino 3D modeling, and how to design for the 3D printing workflow.
Teaching
Workshops
Hands-on explorations of digital fabrication, material behaviour and making.
Studio Vey develops workshops at the intersection of digital fabrication, textiles, computational design and material experimentation.
Led by architect and designer Amelia Vey Henry, the workshops translate ongoing research and design processes into hands-on experiments, moving between digital design and physical making.
Workshops have been taught for universities, cultural institutions, design events and makerspaces, and can be adapted for different audiences, from public programmes and schools to architecture and design students.
Workshop format
4D Printed Textiles
From flat patterns to self-forming structures.
What if we could design not only the shape of an object, but how a material behaves?
Participants 3D print thermoplastic patterns directly onto stretched textile. When the textile is released from tension, the relationship between the printed geometry and fabric causes the flat surface to transform into a three-dimensional structure.
Through physical experimentation, participants explore how pattern, geometry, tension and material influence the resulting form.
The workshop brings together digital fabrication and textile craft, creating an accessible way to explore programmable materials, computational design and new relationships between hard and soft materials.
No previous 3D-printing experience is required for introductory formats.
Workshop formats
Workshops can be adapted to different audiences, technical levels and contexts, from short public experiments to multi-day university studios.
From Flat to Form
Can we design a material that changes shape over time? An introduction to 4D printing and self-forming textiles.
A playful, hands-on introduction to printing directly onto textile and exploring how digital patterns can create movement and transformation. No previous experience required.
- Suitable for
- Museums, cultural programmes, festivals, schools, young people and public workshops.
- Typical format
- 4 hours
Programmable Textiles
Material behavior through geometry and fabrication.
Participants develop their own patterns and investigate how geometry, density, print direction and textile tension affect the resulting form, testing multiple textiles and filament types.
- Suitable for
- Architecture and design schools, art schools, universities, makerspaces and creative professionals.
- Typical format
- Full day
Programmable Material Systems
An advanced studio in computational design and material experimentation.
Participants work iteratively between digital geometry, fabrication and physical testing across scales, approaching the process as the design of a material system rather than a predefined object. The workshop can connect desktop-scale experiments to the larger research context of robotic fabrication and architectural-scale textile structures.
- Suitable for
- Architecture, computational design, university courses, research environments and professional workshops.
- Typical format
- 1–3 days
3D Printing & Digital Fabrication
Studio Vey also offers introductory workshops in 3D modelling, slicing and additive manufacturing. Rather than approaching the 3D printer simply as a production tool, the workshops explore the relationship between digital geometry, machine instructions, material and the resulting physical object.
Possible subjects include introduction to 3D printing, from digital model to physical object, modelling for additive manufacturing, experimental 3D printing and digital fabrication for architecture and design. Formats can be adapted for complete beginners, schools, artists, designers and architecture students.
Research into practice
The 4D textile workshops developed from Amelia Vey Henry's research into self-forming and self-supporting architectural textiles at Lund University.
The research investigates how thermoplastic deposition onto tensioned textiles can programme deformation into a composite material, moving from desktop-scale material experiments to large-scale robotic fabrication. The work was presented at SIGraDi Conference 2024.
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Previous workshops
Southern Sweden Design Days · Ava Vinbar
20254D Printing Workshop
Malmö, Sweden
Participants designed a pattern, printed it onto stretched fabric and released it into a self-forming 3D object.
Lund University (LTH)
20244D Printing at Large Scale with a Robot Arm
Lund, Sweden
Master's workshop using a six-axis ABB robot arm and custom extruder for large-scale direct-to-textile printing.
SPARK & Southern Sweden Design Days
20244D Printing Textiles
Malmö, Sweden
Hands-on introduction to programmable textiles and print patterns that release into self-supporting forms.
Malmö in the Making
20244D Printing Textiles
Malmö, Sweden
City-wide making festival where participants printed onto stretched textiles and released flat sheets into structured objects.
SPARK
20233D Modeling (Rhino 3D) & 3D Printing
Malmö, Sweden
Introductory course pairing Rhino 3D modeling with desktop 3D printing, from screen to physical prototype.
The Cowgirl Gallery & SPARK
20223D Modeling (Blender) & 3D Printing
Malmö, Sweden
Creative workshop on Blender fundamentals and 3D printing for artists and designers new to digital fabrication.
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Workshops can be adapted to your audience, venue and timeframe. Tell us who it is for, where it would take place and roughly how many participants, and we will put together a format and a quote.
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