HandPrint

Objects made through industrial manufacturing are missing qualities that are present in handmade objects. So I asked: What would a handmade object look like if it was created with industrial machines?

HandPrint is a proof-of-concept tool that uses the human hand to control a 3D printing robot arm. Combining the limitations of the tool with the movement of the human body results in a unique form that each object created by the tool inherits. HandPrint suggests that there may be new ways to manufacture with industrial machinery by aligning the human body to the center of the fabrication process.