Metal Sculptures in Sintering - Elli Groninger Woodward
is the Center's resident artist who focuses her activity on developing new artist mediums in powdered metals and applying them professionally. Her work when contrasted with the engineering products that are sintered illustrates the breadth of innovative products that make use of this technology. As an artist, she is responsible for creating the designs (artistic sketches), designing and forming the molds, selecting the combinations of powders, and specifying the sintering process that captures the artistic impression that she is trying to convey. She has created small sculptures, as well as functional pieces such as wine bottle cork tops.

Because this type of work is highly individualized in the artistic sense but include elements of scientific and engineering practice, the undergraduate student who would work with Ms. Woodward would be engaged in the following activities:

• Learning the processes associated with creating sintered sculptures,
• Exploring and documenting the effects of process parameters and material combinations, which create various textures, shades and dramatic effects,
• Creating a signature piece.