Adapting decorative patterns for ceramic tableware

The advent of three-dimensional computer graphics has allowed the use of the computer as a powerful tool to design and produce the patterns used to decorate ceramic dinnerware. The authors describe the special computer programmes which have been developed to adapt decorative patterns into different variations of size and shape of dinnerware. Geometrically, this means that these adapted patterns can be fitted along a line, circular arc or a spline-type curve. The computerisation means elimination of tedious adaptation work and more time for creative work for the designers. It is especially useful for intricate patterns that would otherwise require days or even weeks of artist board work, or CAD draughting