ClayScape: A GenAI-Supported Workflow for Designing Chinese Style Ceramics with Clay 3D Printing

Sijia Liu; Hoi Ching Silvester Mok; Long Ling; Tobias Klein; RAY LC

doi:10.1145/3800645.3812941

ClayScape: A GenAI-Supported Workflow for Designing Chinese Style Ceramics with Clay 3D Printing

Sijia Liu (Co-first Author)
, Hoi Ching Silvester Mok (Co-first Author)
, Long Ling
, Tobias Klein
, RAY LC^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Creative Media

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Chinese ceramic-making involves complex and interdependent steps, making it technically demanding. Digital fabrication methods attempt to make the process more accessible, but for craft-creators, technical challenges such as CAD and CAM skills remain major obstacles. To address this, we designed a hybrid workflow that integrates Generative AI with clay 3D printing to support new creative possibilities. We evaluated the workflow through ClayScape, a design tool that operationalizes this approach, with four ceramic creators. Our findings show that the workflow supports accessible ceramic creation while revealing both expanded opportunities for creative exploration and challenges in balancing agency and control. This work demonstrates how hybrid workflows can lower barriers to digital fabrication while supporting creative possibilities in culturally grounded ceramic practices.

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	2014-2036
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-2563-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3800645.3812941
Publication status	Published - 12 Jun 2026
Event	ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2026 (DIS 2026) - National University of Singapore, Singapore Duration: 13 Jun 2026 → 17 Jun 2026 https://dis.acm.org/2026/

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Conference	ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2026 (DIS 2026)
Abbreviated title	ACM DIS 2026
Place	Singapore
Period	13/06/26 → 17/06/26
Internet address	https://dis.acm.org/2026/

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Generative AI
Clay 3D Printing
Ceramic
Digital Fabrication
Hybrid Fabrication

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Liu, S , Mok, HCS, Ling, L, Klein, T & LC, RAY 2026, ClayScape: A GenAI-Supported Workflow for Designing Chinese Style Ceramics with Clay 3D Printing. in Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 2014-2036, ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2026 (DIS 2026), Singapore, 13/06/26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3800645.3812941

ClayScape: A GenAI-Supported Workflow for Designing Chinese Style Ceramics with Clay 3D Printing. / Liu, Sijia (Co-first Author); Mok, Hoi Ching Silvester (Co-first Author); Ling, Long et al.
Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, 2026. p. 2014-2036.

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ClayScape: A GenAI-Supported Workflow for Designing Chinese Style Ceramics with Clay 3D Printing

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