3D Printing

I booked a workshop for a few people doing my degree at uni and me to learn how to use a 3D printer. It was a really useful hour workshop. The main things we learned were:

Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/ (where you can design projects from scratch for the 3D printer)
Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/ (pre-made designs/projects that you can use and edit)
Lulzbot Cura: https://www.lulzbot.com/cura (a software program which sends your design to the printer and can also give you an ETA)

They also told us about a company called OzBerry who do amazingly crazy things with Open Source hardware and software.

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/OzBerryPi/

I thought this could be a great way for us to extend our own understanding of technology and help us brainstorm for our digital projects due at the end of semester. They even had some musical examples of past projects to show us in the workshop including a recorder, an ocarina, panpipes and some maracas.

The person running the workshop made cat ear rings for all of us as well!

Sydney Uni allow all students to print for free for 2 hours at a time so I definitely want to go back to make something.

Published by jessicasuann

I am a student at Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying a Bachelor of Music (Education). I major in Classical Voice however throughout my studies I have practiced using a variety of pitched and non-pitched percussion, piano, guitar, and most recently; trumpet. Throughout my studies I've not only learnt how to encourage my future students to have an appreciation for music but have also extended my own appreciation and passion for music through exposure to a variety of new ways to express my musicality and experience music (predominately through technology and unique ensemble opportunities). Let's move away from "theory" vs "prac" structured lessons and adopt a more hands-on approach to music education. For a creative subject we should be teaching and learning about it in a creative way! View more posts