Illustration and tactile image: 3D printing in favour of the creation of inclusive materials and its use at the intersection with workshop printing techniques

Mateus, João; Marques, Nuno Fragata

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9432

Use this identifier to reference this record.

Name:	Description:	Size:	Format:
CONFIA_X__2023_Illustration___tactile_image.pdf		800.6 KB	Adobe PDF	Download

Send Feedback

Authors

Mateus, João

Marques, Nuno Fragata

Abstract(s)

This article is about a search for the creation of tactile images and illustrations from the use of workshop printing techniques and 3D printing. Explorations in the search for communication and expressiveness, produced in ESAD.CR as part of investigation projects and classroom projects with teachers and students. This article reveals how exercises and experimentations in classes and in workshops led to the creation of accessible resources, promoting practical re ection through them. The article begins by providing an overview of visual and tactile images created with students, then focuses on the possibility of creating tactile illustrations by using 3D printed plates and printing press techniques. This article reveals how, approaching working through experimentation and comprehension, led to the creation of accessible resources and practical re ection on them. Focusing on the creation of accessible materials for di erent projects and purposes, the explorations presented result in nished work for speci c audiences, but also as work in progress, as directions for continuous research in tactile illustration, images, and communication.