Printing Rhythms: Clay 3D Printing, Live Soundscapes and Flowers
Presented by Clay Dance Studio
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Clay Dance Studio
20 Droop Street, Footscray VIC, Australia
DATES
Fri 15 May 6 – 9pm
Opening night, Live soundscapes by Konker Malual
Sat 16 May 12 – 5pm
Live Dj set by Neil E
Sun 17 May 12 – 5pm
Live soundscapes by Jesse Kendal
Printing Rhythms is an open-studio event by Clay Dance Studio, inviting visitors to observe the 3D printing of clay ceramics, accompanied by immersive soundscapes and collective botanical creation.
The program opens on Friday evening with a launch event where multiple 3D printers operate throughout the studio, producing vessels and sculptural forms in real time. Guest DJs provide curated soundscapes while attendees can contribute to a collective botanical installation.
Across the weekend, the studio remains open as an exhibition and operating workspace. Visitors can observe live printing demonstrations, view finished works and learn about the digital fabrication process. Sound artists continue to provide atmospheric accompaniment.
In collaboration with Tremella Botanicals and 302 Flowers, a Macedon Ranges–based flower farm, visitors contribute to a growing floral installation by placing seasonal blooms into 3D-printed ceramic vessels.
All works are designed, printed and fired on-site in Footscray. There is also an opportunity to purchase ready-made pieces.
Printing Rhythms presents the studio as both a cross-disciplinary production space and a gathering place. It explores the relationship between digital technology, botanical elements and community participation while showcasing the creative landscape of Melbourne/Naarm’s inner west.
Participants
Bek Lee (Tremella Botanicals)
Bek Lee is a Melbourne/Naarm-based floral designer, mentor and the founder of Tremella Botanicals. With a background in event floristry, she specialises in sustainable, foam-free botanical installations that prioritise locally grown, seasonal blooms. Bek’s practice is characterised by an intuitive approach to organic movement and textural depth, drawing on the principles of Ikebana to create structured, nature-led designs.As the co-founder of Clay Dance Studio, Bek’s professional experience in floral design informs the studio’s technical and creative output. Her requirement for sculptural vessels that support functional arranging led to the development of the studio’s signature 3D-printed ceramic line. In ‘Printing Rhythms,’ Bek guides the integration of botanical elements and community participation, supporting participants to create a floral installation using seasonal blooms and the studio’s ceramic vessels.
Serge Osipov
Serge Osipov is a self-taught digital creative and photographer whose practice is driven by an engineering mind and a deep-seated passion for code. His journey into ceramics began not with a traditional wheel, but with a fascination for how technology can reshape an ancient craft. By modifying 3D plastic printers to extrude clay, he bridged the gap between digital precision and organic materiality and co-founded Clay Dance Studio to provide innovative design solutions to the floristry industry.His design language is heavily inspired by the intersection of science fiction and natural forms. Serge’s creative process moves fluidly between the physical and the virtual. He often begins with intuitive hand sketches or immersive VR sculpting, translating these raw, gestural ideas into refined 3D designs. This hybrid approach allows him to maintain a human signature within a digital medium, creating objects that feel both futuristic and connected to the earth.During Printing Rhythms, Serge is the lead facilitator and operator, overseeing the live digital fabrication of sculptural forms. He is available throughout the weekend to discuss the technical nuances of his modified printers and the unique workflow of the Footscray studio.
Anna and Ray / 302 Flower Farm
302 Flower Farm is a small boutique flower farm nestled atop Mount Gisborne, in the beautiful Macedon Ranges, Victoria.
It has been the love of Anna and Ray, who have planted all of the flowers and shrubs and continue to tend the now sprawling garden beds and protea and banksia plantation.302 Flower Farm supplies seasonal, chemical-free flowers and foliage for the collective botanical installation throughout the event.
Jesse Kendal
Jesse Kendal is a Melbourne/Naarm-based artist and musician, blending live acoustic instrument recordings with electronic elements to create a sound defined by a distinctly human aesthetic and emotionally charged flow.Jesse crafts a melodic and ethereal musical style that blends elements of deep house and techno, drawing inspiration from artists such as George FitzGerald, Kiasmos and Bonobo. A cornerstone of his creative process is the exploration of the intricate tones and nuances found within his improvised recordings, weaving these elements into the fabric of his work. Through his music, Jesse seeks to uplift listeners and create an emotional resonance that fosters a sense of connection and healing, a reflection of the personal journey he has undertaken through his art.
Konker Malual
Konker Malual is a Sudanese-born artist whose work transforms nostalgia into sound. Growing up between Sudan and Kenya, his practice is influenced by layered rhythms, jazz-inspired structures, African funk and electronic improvisation.He works with hardware instruments, viewing performance as a live interaction with machines. Patterns build, fade and reform continuously. There’s no fixed composition—only an awareness of momentum. As a conductor of chaos, he follows the sound as it unfolds.His art explores memory, migration and the emotional impact of place. Through repetition and polyrhythm, he creates spaces where sound feels both ancient and fresh.
Neil E
Neil E (aka Jack Nelson) is a Melbourne/Naarm-based DJ/producer and founder of Reasons, an independent label and event collective rooted in Melbourne’s underground electronic community.