The second project , TurtleArt , is a very cool project I borrowed from a fellow educator , Josh Burker . TurtleArt is freeware which uses Logo programming , which is an educational programming language , designed in 1967 by Daniel G . Bobrow , Wally Feurzeig , Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon at M . I . T . My students create geometric designs using the software , and use it to create 3D prints using Tinkercad to import the information and further work with the design before printing it . We have gone further as far as pushing the envelope . I have been 3D printing using wood fill and bronze fill prints from a company called Colorfabb from the Netherlands , which makes some very exotic filament that the printer uses . I also have been using renewable algae filament from a company called Algix , which is based in Mississippi . They make their filaments from algae that they harvest and use to create a superior , environmental friendly product .
The last project I will discuss is our 3D Printed Community Chess Set . This is also a project borrowed from Josh Burker , but again pushing the envelope of the creation , and of the materials and concepts . My senior students in my Interpretive Design class ( which is loosely based on the ideas of the 1970s Fluxus movement ), were to design a chess set made up of 3D scans of themselves done on an app called 123D Catch , which is free from a company called Autodesk . My students picked a chess piece out of a hat , and created a costume made out of cardboard and simple construction techniques and materials that were in my classroom . My student teacher from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia , Ms . Lindsay Waibel introduced us to Worbla , which is a wood and resin based
STEAMed Magazine
48
January 2017 Edition