Chicago Public Library: Community Building: 3D Print A Sculpture Garden

Chicago IL

17 June, 2021

2:17 PM

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Press release from the Chicago Public Library: June 17, 2021 Are you interested in 3D printing? Looking to design something fun and unique? Join us this summer as part of Make Summer Yours: Start with Art and make your own miniature sculpture for our community sculpture garden.  Using free, 3D modeling programs such as TinkerCad, you can create, design and print a sculpture that will be part of our community sculpture garden display. Share and submit your design to have it printed at one of our print pick-up locations and be a part of this fun collaborative citywide movement. What sculpture will you design?   How Do I Participate? How Can I Get Help? Register for one of our online workshops to see a 3D printing demonstration or get hands-on practice and helpful suggestions for using Tinkercad. 3D Treasures series, Mondays, 2:00 - 3:30 PM beginning July 12 Citywide Summer: 3D Printing Workshops, various times beginning July 10 You can also watch our Tinkercad video tutorials and view, step-by-step, how to get started on creating a sculpture. Also, you have access our CPL kids classroom TinkerCad account to see examples of sculptures, access various templates, or design your own sculpture. Follow these steps to access the account:   Additional Information Please only submit a sculpture for printing. We will not be able to print other designs at this moment.   Each participant is limited to four prints maximum. Please give us one to two weeks to print your design. Depending on the size of your design, we may need to make adjustments. Wanted to put your sculpture on a pedestal? Upload this design to TinkerCad to use this template. In order to prevent long print times, please make sure your print isn't too large and fits in a 60mm x 60mm x 60mm cube.  While supplies last, earn a 3D printed art tool when you submit and pick up your print design.  Submit Your Design Kids, please ask your grown-up to fill out this form. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. Privacy Statement, opens in a new window, opens a new window hr>This press release was produced by the Chicago Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.