Think3D & Oakridge International School co-hosting 3D printing Art Exhibit for kids

Dec 21, 2014

Indian company think3D has partnered with Oakridge International School, one of the top K12 schools in India to come up with 3D Printing Art exhibition as a part of the school's founders day celebrations conducted on 17th December, 2014.

think3D is playing an active role in the Indian 3D printing space. Apart from running an online 3D design store and 3D printing service bureau, the company is conducting free 3D printing workshops for students and enthusiasts.

As a part of the event, selected students from 5th standard of Oakridge International School gave an explanation of 3D printing technology and demonstrated how a 3D printer works. For the exhibits, various 2D drawings made by primary school kids were first shortlisted by the teachers. These drawings were then converted into 3D models by think3D in-house modeling team and printed using 3D printers.

"With the advent of 3D Printing, we can now visualize your child's imagination in a three dimensional space and durable shapes from their precious drawings," said Prudhvi Reddy, co-founder of think3D. "In the education sector, apart from art and creativity, 3D printing can help the teachers a lot in situations where students are expected to visualize complex shapes and mechanisms."

According to one of the art teachers at Oakridge, "Drawing is a form of expressing your imagination, your creativity, and the way you envision the world. It's a completely different feeling if we can give shape to our dreams, thoughts and creativity, which these 3D printed models are able to achieve."

Response to this exercise from parents has been fabulous. One of the parents was very excited about the idea of creating physical shapes from the 2D drawings of students. It is important that children can unleash freely their imagination, be inspired, creative and above all, have loads of fun!