Alice martin
Alice Martin is a Scottish contemporary artist currently living and working in Stirlingshire. Alice is a Committee Member of GOSSIP (Graduate Opportunities Supporting Sustained Independent Practice) Collective, Stirling. She received her MLitt in Archaeological Studies from the University of the Highlands and Islands (2019) and BA (Hons) in Contemporary Art Practice from Gray’s School of Art (2017). Solo exhibitions are (Re)Seeing, Look Again Seed Fund Commission 2020, Look Again Project Space window vitrine, Aberdeen (2020) and CTRL C, Tolbooth, Stirling (2019), and she has exhibited in various group shows across Scotland.
A fascination in the visual and conceptual possibilities stemming from the interdisciplinary fields of art, archaeology and museology drives Alice’s artistic practice. As a contemporary artist, she intends to question conventional ideas of representation with the hope to make the viewer less passive. Alice’s work spans across 3D printing, scanning, installation, digital prints and printmaking. She remixes open cultural content with contemporary culture, materiality and revisualisation being central as well.
Follow Alice here:
cargocollective.com/alicecmartin
Instagram and Twitter: @alicecmartin
The Project
Type of funding: Micro Grant (up to £500)
The grant has allowed Alice to purchase a Monoprice Voxel desktop 3D printer, storage and several spools of filament to test out new types of sculptures through creating artefact prototypes.
“The prototypes were from existing 3D models, some that I remixed and combined, as well as producing scans from 2D public domain images. To get accustomed with the machine's settings I tested out basic print files from Thingiverse, such as low poly animals and a vase, using my starter filament. I used the file 'Bivalve: Anadara lienosa (PRI 70070)' from Sketchfab to realise my idea of a shell that can be open and closed, exploring how to make the samples less static. Color Change with Temperature from Purple Blue to Pink PLA, which is biodegradable, added an intriguing tactile element to the item. After this, I took certain objects from Scan the World, MyMiniFactory, including The Lewis Chessmen at The National Museum of Scotland and reworked them. I decided to vertically slice the scan of the King and Queen so they could be compared side by side, showing the varying designs of each piece. The tactile sculpture took 1 hour 29 minutes to 3D print, the size is fairly accurate, larger prints take significantly longer which is something I need to work on more. I also tried a terracotta stone-based material which requires a hotter temperature. After a few failed prints and supports I changed certain things and managed to successfully print Marble Pillar with Plant Decoration at 5cms.
The access to industrial printers in person has become limited due to the pandemic, therefore beginning to experiment with my own has proven to be a useful alternative.”
