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Wednesday, 30 November 2016
The Open-V, World’s First RISC-V-based Open Source Microcontroller
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3D Printing Holiday Ornaments
This holiday season, I was inspired by snowflake silhouette 3D prints and wanted to teach a class using the draw-print image method I have blogged about previously.
This time I would skip the drawing step and use google images to find a pre-made silhouette. I started by googling Mario star silhouette. I saved the file as a JPG then converted to SVG using online-convert, imported into Tinkercad, then hit CTRL + D multiple times for smart duplicate (thank you Tinkertips). I tried once with mario stars and twice with the Doctor Who Tardis.
Here are my results..
My conclusion was trying to teach a class in this is much too complicated for beginners. It required much more precision (as shown in the Mario star snowflake that broke apart because the stars weren't connected enough) as well as finding silhouettes that lend themselves to 3D printing. The Tardis was having issues because of design alone. By making the Tardis 20% fill, it wasn't enough for the 48 mm size to complete the shape, then when almost doubled to 98 mm it was still stringy and took over 4 hours..which anyone who has a 3D printer knows that it could be many things in the "under extruding" troubleshooting category. Maybe the nozzle retraction, maybe the nozzle needed to be hotter, etc. I gave up for now.
Moral of the story I went to doing very simple ornaments like the one shown below. These were 2 hour or less designs using the Google image search- print silhouette method.
Let's go step by step with the tree..
1. Google image search for "Christmas Tree silhouette", right click on mouse and SAVE IMAGE AS.
4. Open Tinkercad, CREATE NEW DESIGN and go to IMPORT (right side toolbar). I recommend changing the settings to scale to 10% with 5mm thickness otherwise it is going to be HUGE on the screen. Click IMPORT.
6. Add a ring shape to the top. (Ignore the ring in the last picture I'm working backwards in the tutorial)
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This time I would skip the drawing step and use google images to find a pre-made silhouette. I started by googling Mario star silhouette. I saved the file as a JPG then converted to SVG using online-convert, imported into Tinkercad, then hit CTRL + D multiple times for smart duplicate (thank you Tinkertips). I tried once with mario stars and twice with the Doctor Who Tardis.
Moral of the story I went to doing very simple ornaments like the one shown below. These were 2 hour or less designs using the Google image search- print silhouette method.
2. Go to online-convert.com. Under image converter chose SAVE AS SVG, click GO.
3. Next page, CHOOSE FILE, then scroll down to CONVERT FILE.
4. Open Tinkercad, CREATE NEW DESIGN and go to IMPORT (right side toolbar). I recommend changing the settings to scale to 10% with 5mm thickness otherwise it is going to be HUGE on the screen. Click IMPORT.
5. Add cylinders for the "balls" , I just got one to the size of my liking, turned it into a hole using the INSPECTOR, and then copy and pasted a few more so they are the same size and moved them around the tree
6. Add a ring shape to the top. (Ignore the ring in the last picture I'm working backwards in the tutorial)
7. Highlight everything and click on GROUP.
There are a few different avenues students could go in. They could make cylinders sit on top of the tree for christmas balls, add letters, star on top, or make an ornament of their favorite characters instead to make it a bit less Christmas focused and potential for a fun Hanukkah gift!
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DiResta Picks the Contents for the Latest Maker Box
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6 Common Problems to Avoid When Building a Strandbeest
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Ghosts, Magic, and a Kraken… Check Out the Winners of Our Halloween Contest
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Convert Scientific Data into Synthesized Music
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Guitar Lending Collection at Licking County Library
This post originally appeared on the LAIP in December 2014.
by Laura Damon-Moore
Barbary Sanderson.
Licking County (OH) Library card holders can now check out a guitar from the library! The new guitar collection launched in mid-December, Barbary Sanderson tells us, and there’s already a waitlist forming on the six guitars. Barbary, who is a Teen Services Assistant at the library, is a guitar player herself who proposed guitars as a possible “alternative collection” when the library was looking for ideas earlier this year.
There are six guitars available for checkout to Licking County Library cardholders with accounts in good standing; patrons who are under sixteen need a parent’s permission to check out the instrument. The guitars are available at the main library only at this time. The collection is already quite popular, with a holds list forming and several people have come forward to donate additional instruments to the collection.
Says Barbary, “We have worked with a handful of local businesses in this process as well. All of our guitars were purchased from our local guitar store, Guitar Guys in Heath, Ohio. They secured an educational discount through Fender for us and have been helpful every step of the way. We had our guitar bags embroidered by a local company called Got Gear 4U and received a $250 donation from the First Federal Foundation (local bank) to help with start up costs for the collection.
“People are so excited,” says Barbary, “that is the neatest part.” Patrons who are checking out the instruments range from those who’ve never picked up a guitar in their life, to people who have played but don’t have access to an instrument at home. One gentleman who came in, says Barbary, mentioned that he used to play guitar all the time, but no longer has any instruments. Having access to a guitar through the library means that he’ll be able to play for his family at Christmas time this year.
At this time there are no imminent plans to add different types of instruments to the LCL’s collection, but the library has tentative plans to start a group instruction program, where people can use the library’s instruments or bring in their own to practice playing at the library.
Says Barbary, “It was important to put [the guitars] into people’s hands; it’s something that they wouldn’t otherwise have, a big investment and commitment on the library’s part that’s been totally worth it.”
Librarians and library staff: Interested in viewing LCL’s policy language for their guitar lending program? Download the library’s guitar lending guidelines here.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016
How to Replace Dead Battery Pack Cells
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Featuring: Independent bookbinder, Yohana Doudoux
Handbound books are artworks, and we love learning from bookbinders how they interpret the contents of a book in the cover. Yohana Doudoux’ approach is nuanced and lovely– and her vision for an ideal library is a treat! Enjoy. ~Erinn
Library as Incubator Project (LAIP): Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work.
Yohana Doudoux (YD): I studied art history at the University of Toulouse, but quickly felt the need to work with my hands. I completed a degree of bookbinding at Tolbiac High School in Paris. Over the last 6 years, I worked in different binderies in the U.K. and France, and had the chance to approach different aspects of the trade: traditional, restoration, and artistic creation. Four months ago, I created my own bindery in Avignon, in the south of France. I do traditional and contemporary bookbinding. My bindery also has a shop corner where I sell notebooks and boxes made in small series.
LAIP: What are you working on right now that you’re excited about?
YD: A lady recently contacted me with the request to make three books in homage of her late husband. After a moving discussion, I provided her with a sketch she really liked. After she pulls all the pictures and documents together, a graphic designer will do the page setting. It will then be printed, and I’ll take the sheets and bind them. Each of her grandchildren will receive a book. This project, for me, represents what bookbinding is about: transmission! It is really exciting to be part of the process of making a complete book.
I have also entered a miniature bookbinding competition organized by The Dutch Handbookbinding Foundation. I love small books, but never had the opportunity to work on such a small scale!
LAIP: How do you see your work interacting with narrative or story? What does working in books allow you to do that you can’t pull off with other media?
YD: I always read the book before designing a binding. The story is a real source of inspiration, as well as the format, the paper, and any illustrations… I aim to put my impressions of the book into the design as an introduction to the content.
There are technical constraints in bookbinding (the book must open properly, be solid, etc), but I think I need those constraints to experience all the freedom and creativity of the process.
LAIP: How have libraries informed your creative work? Tell us about the first library you remember playing a part in your artistic development.
YD: During my studies, I had the opportunity to do a work experience at the bindery of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (site Richelieu) in Paris, which is the French equivalent of the National Library. My training was focused on restoration, which helped me in understanding the structure of the book. (Besides, learning to fix damaged books, means you can fix your own mistakes when necessary!)
I also had access to many technical books. I particularly remember one about medieval endbands, the small embroidery at the head and tail of books. They consolidate the headcaps, and give a discrete but delicate touch to the bindings. On Shakespeare’s Sonnets, I tried to adapt those centenary techniques to a contemporary structure.
LAIP: Can you describe a particular library-incubated project for us?
YD: A few years ago, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France organised a wonderful exhibition about children books. There were many pop-up books and I was fascinated by their diversity and ingeniousness.
At that time I was working on the design of Dictionnaire des idées reçues, by Gustave Flaubert. This satire challenged me, and I decided to use pop-up techniques in order to physically implicate the reader in his discovery of the book.
LAIP: As an artist, what would your ideal library be like? What kinds of stuff would you be able to check out, and what could you do there?
YD: A library filled with books about books! I love strolling into catalogs of books, from bookbinding exhibitions, or from book sales. it is a source of inspiration to see how other bookbinders have done the job, and sometimes I wish I could take the book out of the picture and manipulate it for real.
Ideally, all the books of my library would be bound by hand…
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Watch This Mesmerizing Sculpture of Franz Kafka Shift and Reassemble
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Go Primitive and Make a Spatula from Firewood
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Monday, 28 November 2016
Celebrate Open Source With Us on Cyber Monday with #Opencyberbonday
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Math Monday: Polyhedral Fruit, Part One
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How to Cut Precise Angles with a Miter Box
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5 Hacks and Mods for Custom 3D Printer Upgrades (from Easy to Insane)
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Sunday, 27 November 2016
This Week in Making: Tiny Pizzas and Four-Legged Robots
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Saturday, 26 November 2016
Weekend Watch: See How Intricate Sugar Candies Are Made by Hand
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Friday, 25 November 2016
Building an Overwatch Lucio Blaster
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This Custom Synth Packs in the Sound with 200 Modules
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Thursday, 24 November 2016
Artist at Work Program at Kitchener Public Library
This post originally appeared on the LAIP in December 2015.
Today we welcome Stephanie Schmalz from Kitchener Public Library in Kitchener, Ontario, to the site to share some information about the library’s Artist at Work demonstration program. This program, which has been part of the library’s programming collection for fourteen years, is a great example of how to curate and share local knowledge and expertise with your community. Enjoy! ~Laura
by Stephanie Schmalz
Twice a month, you can stop by a Kitchener library location to view hand-crafted art in the making – by watching local artists while they work.
Stained glass artists, cartoonists, spinners and weavers, potters, porcelain plate painters, digital artists – mediums of all genres, specialized techniques, and simple formats have been demonstrated at Kitchener Public Library for 14 years. Customers are invited to stop by, ask questions about the art medium, learn, and be inspired.
The mandate of Kitchener Public Library’s Artist-at-Work program is to educate the public about a number of art and craft mediums, and to support local artists and hobbyists through drop-by demonstrations in main traffic areas of libraries within the Kitchener Public Library system.
The demonstrations are held on Saturdays from 1 pm – 3 pm. Each artist is scheduled for one demonstration at a branch library and the other at Central Library in the main atrium.
The more obscure the art medium, the better the educational quality.
We’ve hosted everything from new crafts such as advanced Photoshop techniques, to old crafts such as spinning and weaving and everything in between. Artists have brought in spinning wheels, pottery wheels, gem grinding stones, a small printing press, a vintage camera, and any other tool or material essential to their craft.
Photo provided by Kitchener Public Library.
Almost anything goes; we only ask that their demonstrations not emit toxic or excessive scents or noise.
We provide a six-foot table and chair for the artist, as well as signs explaining the demonstration for approaching customers. They are invited to bring literature or samples of their work. However, they are advised not to set up their table in a way that emphasizes sales, as it may risk preventing passersby from stopping.
The series was first introduced as an extension of the exhibit space in the Art Gallery at Central. At times, gallery exhibitors also double as Artists-at-Work.
Artists are found through networking, internet searches, and cold calls to artists listed on brochures for art tours or festivals.
Photo provided by Kitchener Public Library.
Artists are not paid. As part of this series, they are invited to promote their business/art medium free of charge. During the demonstration, there is an opportunity to interact with a wide variety of potential customers. Artists are encouraged to hand out business cards. Product sales, however, are prohibited and demonstrators may not ask library customers to participate in a sign-up list. Potential buyers may contact the artist directly, following the library program.
All Artist-at-Work demonstrations are publicized in the library’s In Touch magazine (circulation, 8,000), on our website, in full-colour posters, and through our social media network.
A stone-sculptor for Aboriginal History Day, a Chinese brush-painter for Chinese New Year – these specialized crafts often bring awareness not only about the art form, but also about its historical and cultural importance.
Photo provided by Kitchener Public Library.
This December, the KW Rug Hooking Guild will demonstrate traditional rug hooking, a Canadian cultural activity since the mid-1800s. They will demonstrate how this pioneer craft is used to crate fibre art in the 21st century.
In October, Craig Musselman, an internationally award-winning graphic designer and artist, demonstrated his elaborate digital photomontages using Photoshop by hooking his laptop into an LCD screen behind the Circulation Desk. Library customers could watch as he manipulated images to form a hyper-realistic digital drawing.
In the past, the library has also offered a fair titled ‘For the Love of Art,’ during which a number of artists were invited to demonstrate throughout the day.
We have found this program to be valuable both as an arts education initiative for our customers, and as a support for local artists.
Learn more about the programs that Kitchener Public Library does to support artists and creatives on their website.
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Happy Mathematical Thanksgiving from The National Museum of Mathematics
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8 Reasons to Give Thanks for Your 3D Printer
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Wednesday, 23 November 2016
The Best Black Friday Deals on Tools and Electronics
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Review: Brother SE400 Sewing and Embroidery Machine
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smARTpass: Checking out arts and cultural programming
Minnesota-based MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency) launched a new program in September that provides equitable access for their users to a wide variety of local arts and cultural programs and events. SmARTpass is an online portal of arts and culture offers, posted by arts organizations ranging from history museums to theatres to dance companies, that library users can reserve for free or at a discount with their library card number.
Sally Lederer, MELSA Communications Manager and lead on the smARTpass project, says that the project is an outgrowth of MELSA’s popular museum pass program (inspired by Chicago Public Library’s pass program), which ran from 2006-2012. What differentiates smARTpass from the museum pass program is the “ability for users to make reservations at any time, including from a mobile device,” rather than needing to show up at the library in person to pick up a museum pass that was only available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
From the smARTpass webpage.
View a video introducing smARTpass on the MELSA website.
The offers, which are pooled from over twenty arts partners, change all the time as partners determine which shows or programs to post to smARTpass. Users can select only one pair of free reservations per partner, per year. Some partners also make discounted reservations available, which is an attractive option for many library users since there is no limit on how many discounted reservations one can make. One of the partners has also included reservations for spots in dance classes, as well as spots in the audience at dance performances. Sally sees interactive or learning opportunities as a potential area for growth with the smARTpass program.
Photo of Tu Dance Class, one of the interactive experiences available through smARTpass.
The Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) enjoy a wealth of arts organizations, which certainly helps in coordinating a program like smARTpass, which relies on the generosity of arts partners. Once a critical mass of partners was reached, and offers started going up, it became easier to recruit new partners (Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota is a recent addition). From a technical standpoint, creating an online platform that users from 8 different library systems could access with their library barcodes proved to be one of the biggest challenges. Customer service has also been a big focus as library users navigate the new system and figure out how to make the most of these opportunities. Those who’ve used smARTpass have left very positive feedback:
This is an incredible discovery I just made at the library! I don’t know how you can offer so many great events! But I’m not complaining! 10/10/2016 12:40 PM
This is an amazing program, I remember the museum pass from years ago and the access it allows people to have is outstanding. Would love to see even more theatre for children opportunities. 10/6/2016 8:11 AM
Appreciate the free passes to things I can’t afford.
Great opportunities to see something I wouldn’t normally see. 9/29/2016 12:32 PM
It’s a fantastic service — benefits pass users as well as the organizations offering admission. Win-Win. 9/18/2016 1:53 PM
Orchestra Hall, home of the Minnesota Orchestra, a smARTpass partner. Photo by Betsy Wall Photography.
We look forward to staying in touch and hearing about updates from smARTpass at MELSA! Do you have questions about the program? Contact Sally Lederer at sally@melsa.org with your questions.
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Sculpting 3D Printable Items in Virtual Reality with Oculus Medium
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016
How to Program a Quadruped Robot with Arduino
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A Moving Visit to Maker Camp
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7 Inspired Pens You Can Turn on a Lathe
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