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The Arts

Industry and art combine in SNAG exhibition

Kimberlie Tatalick, is featured in the juried exhibition “Art/Industry,” which is on display in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmiths conference at SCAD.

“NEOClassic Neckpiece,” a one-of-a-kind necklace by metals and jewelry chair Kimberlie Tatalick, is featured in the juried exhibition “Art/Industry,” which is on display in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmiths conference at SCAD.

By Katie Wall
Published: Friday, February 29, 2008

Kimberlie Tatalick, chair of the Savannah College of Art and Design metals and jewelry department, is one of 15 artists included in the exhibition “Art/Industry,” on display at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., through March 31.

Art/Industry,” presented by SCAD and the Society of North American Goldsmiths, focuses on American studio multiples by jewelers and metalsmiths. The selected pieces showcase creative use of industrial processes, combined with studio work. Advanced techniques of laser cutting, photochemical machining, electroforming and spinning practices are showcased.

After teaching a course on the history of metals and jewelry, Tatalick said, she wanted to create classically inspired jewelry using the latest technology. She found her solution in the FDM Titon machine owned by SCAD’s industrial design department.

The Titon is one of many printers known as a Fused Deposition Modeler. These printers are commonly used for rapid prototyping and manufacturing in engineering design. They work by depositing materials in thin layers. Just as an ink-jet printer builds a 2-D image from layers of color, FDM printers deposit layer after layer of material until a 3-D model is born. Tatalick explained, ”It’s like a giant glue gun that irons together layers of plastic.”

She used this process for her piece “NEOClassic Neck­piece,” which originated as a CAD, or computer-aided design. “It is a huge CAD file programmed specifically for the FDM machine,” she said. During the initial procedure, she used her CAD file to print small samples. After many rounds of editing and testing, she created the final necklace version with the FDM Titon.

The most impressive feat is that all the movable parts of the necklace were printed in one piece. To allow for this, the FDM Titon deposited support material between layers of the plastic necklace. After printing concluded, Tatalick dissolved the support material in a soapy bath, revealing a complete necklace with all of its interlocking pieces fully rendered.

Before searching for one of Tatalick’s pieces at shopSCAD, 342 Bull St., buyers should know that it takes approximately 21 hours to render one of these necklaces. Even though it was created using a rapid prototype design process, “NEOClassic Neckpiece” is still one-of-a-kind.

“Art/Industry” is held in conjunction with “Cross­currents: Diverse Solutions in a Global Environment,” the 2008 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, hosted by SCAD March 5-8. A reception will be held March 7, 5-7 p.m., during the SCAD gallery hop. Both the exhibition and the gallery hop are free and open to the public.


Wall is a project manager in the communications department.