For this week's module, I needed to create a 3-D object that followed some guidelines: no bigger than a quarter of an apple; neutral, solid color; relates to reading or libraries. We are having a contest in class where we will be voting for the "Top 3" ideas and those objects will be printed at our Summer Institute in a week.
I drummed my fingers on the computer desk for a while and thought, "What represents reading to me? Or a library? Or librarian? Hmmmm.........". My husband volunteered "worm" for a bookworm, but I thought I might have trouble with wavy lines in the programming. And I wasn't sure how to make a "bookworm" look any different than a regular old earthworm! I finally came up with the idea of a kite because reading can "soar you to new heights and take you farther than you ever thought possible". The kite has some great symbolism to go along with it. To drive home the "reading" aspect even more, I made the kite part into a book and even put "LIBS" (for our class) on the text section of the book so that it is more identifiable. I had a hard time thinking of how to make bows on the tail of the kite until I thought "Bingo! Do the number 8 sideways!". I think it turned out pretty good!
I used tinkercad.com to create the kite and then saved it as an STL file. You can see the progress below!
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