Geomorphology

This sculpture proposes a dialogue between geological structures and digital fabrication. The additive, layer-by-layer process of 3D printing is analogous to the sedimentary accumulation of matter that formed the Isle of Portland over millions of years. Using vectorised toolpaths as its language, Geomorphology constructs a new geological record of Portland. The resulting landscape of fragmented parts is not a direct copy, but a translation - a record of a place remade through a digital process, where deep time is compressed within machine movements.