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| Three teen designed calaveras de azucar printed in glow-in-dark-filament |
It has been a fun experience to design and conduct 3D printing workshops that celebrate the holiday of Dia de los Muertos in the medium of 3D printing. The second of these two free teen workshops will be conducted on October 2nd (4:00-5:30pm) at the Dr. Roberto Cruz Library. The project is designed to engage teens in 3D printing and honoring a loved one through 3D
art and writing.
Their written statements will be displayed in the library installation along with their 3D prints. I am printed the designs on my Afinia printer and the Sunnyvale Library is helping me by printing five of the calaveras. The skull we are using is
here on Tinkercad. All the students' designs are in Tinkercad under hashtag
#sugarskull. The lesson plan can be found here at this
link and on my
Instructable posting.
I dreamed up this project a year ago after attend my first 3D printing conference and purchasing a used 3D printer off of Craigslist. A few weeks ago, Afinia posted a blog story on
my short journey in 3D printing.
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| A student explores negative shapes in Tinkercad as he builds his calavera honoring family members. |
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| Print hot off the printer with supports still on. |
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| Some of the participants in the first workshop in the computer lab. |
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| A student builds her design to honor her grandmother. |
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| An early print fail. |
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A sample skull design printed in glow-in-the-dark filament
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