About the project
Pia Pinedo’s current project is focused on making an Udu (musical instrument) with 3D printed ceramics. The Udus are manufactured manually with ceramics, and her intention is to manufacture a 3D model to make models of this musical instrument openly available in creative centers with this type of equipment. Her objective is to make a contribution to the musical and exploratory artistic field, and also to re-define construction methods of some instruments with new technologies, in order to give them a new evolution.
About the creative talent
Pia Pinedo studied Product Design Engineering at UTFSM, in Chile. In 2018 she travelled to Spain to study a Master in Design and Manufacturing at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, and her final project was a machine to make musical strings, which she keeps redesigning to add new features. In 2023 she started learning the beautiful craft of luthery. Pia Pinedo is a DIY movement lover and in her small workshop, located in Castelló, she works with a 3D printer, laser cutter, a CNC router, a pen plotter as well as various luthery tools.