I’ve rewritten this intro blog post nearly 20 times, each time I give this long explanation of who I am and why that matters and blah blah blah but I will do that another time becaaaaaause,
I have a friend doing some seriously amazing stuff and I kind of get to be the first to talk about it.
About a year ago, my friend Nathan bought himself a 3d printer, and I was thrilled because at the time that was exactly what I needed. I had the file to print, I had the black glitter filament ready to go, I just needed to find someone to help me finish and so he and I started on our overnight journey to finishing the case for my midi controller, it took way too many tries, and it ended up a little iffy, but I love that midi controller like my kid, and I have him to thank for it.
Nathan Lefsrud been working with High School students in a fine arts class to 3D print classical paintings for the blind. Inspired by this article (http://www.iflscience.com/technology/3d-printing-brings-paintings-and-photography-blind-people), Nathan is working to integrate 3D printing into the high school art curriculum in Alberta. In this example, he used Blender to layer and texture the different components of Ludolf Backhuysen's "The Coming Squall."
You can find more info about this project and more of Nathans work on his teaching blog, https://2teacher4u.wordpress.com/high-school-fa-3d-classic-paintings/ and on thingiverse http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1378056
- Heather
