unbox think[box]: Exploring 3D Printed Tooling for Leather craft

This workshop reimagines 3D printing as a tool for producing accessible craft tooling. Participants will leave with both a finished object and a deeper understanding of how to integrate digital fabrication into traditional making practices.

Using low-cost, 3D-printed presses designed by the Open Press Project and a set of custom, modular 3D-printed plates and dies developed at Sears think[box], participants will learn how to emboss vegetable-tanned leather, experimenting with pattern, texture, and material behavior. As a bonus, the activity features a modular die system of “Truchet Tiles,” geometric shapes that create repeating patterns by changing their orientation. After embossing, each participant will assemble their own leather card holder to take home.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

-Understand how 3D printing can be used to create embossing tools and dies
-Gain experience using a 3D-printed press system -Learn the fundamentals of embossing vegetable-tanned leather
-Customize and assemble their own simple leather product using basic finishing techniques
-Identify ways to replicate this workflow in their own Fab Lab or makerspace

Membership
Prior to the workshop date, please sign up for a free think[box] membership! 

Fill out our Registration Form. When you submit the form you will receive a confirmation number by text and/or email. We recommend you do this before you come to think[box]. Otherwise, we will have you fill it out at our welcome desk.

If you are a Minor (under 18 years old), please have a parent or guardian fill out a Minor Registration Form. Please see our K-12 policies for more information.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING

Please park in the Veale Parking Garage, located near the wind turbine.

Address: 2158 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106
Parking Type: Paid public parking (rates posted online)

 
https://case.edu/thinkbox/about/directions-and-parking

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Co-hosted with: Explore

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