3D Printing Applied on Painting Canvas: A Contribution to Studies that Aim to Apply STEAM in Practice

Additive manufacturing has been highlighted as a technological process that fosters innovation in areas such as industry, science, fashion and arts in general. This is due to the fact that it is a medium that offers many possibilities in its use, making it possible to execute projects that would not be easily applicable by conventional means. For such a purpose, this paper uses the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) practice to make new applications in creative processes for arts possible. This was done via the application of models, designed in the Grasshopper® graphic algorithm editor along with the Rhinoceros® platform and 3D printed through the additive manufacturing technique (Fused Deposition Modeling) on a conventional painting canvas. The study aimed to analyze the possibilities of the joining of the PLA polymer with the textile material in order to expand the artistic possibilities of the technique. Parameter combinations were studied for the adherence analysis, thus confirming the viability of the technique and subsequently designed models of Voronoi-type mathematical structures in order to exemplify its possibilities in an artistic bias from the STEAM perspective.