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Digital Art Studio

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Use the latest equipment and software to move your ideas from concept to reality. After an orientation, book time to experiment with our Cricut Explore 3, Bambu 3D printer, and thermal laminator to protect your photos, make games, cards or even bookmarks.

This digital art studio is the perfect place to work on your artistic hobby, implement your Etsy side hustle or build your portfolio for your next career. With the Level 2 Tech Center tools, training classes and expert library staff, you’ll be ready to move up and accomplish your goals.

Take an online equipment/room orientation class to learn to use the digital art studio. Users must complete orientation or the equipment they would like to reserve.

Once you’ve learned the basics of how the equipment works, you can schedule time in these spaces to work on whatever you’d like – podcasts, videos, photo editing, graphic design, vinyl lettering or almost anything else you dream up.  Tech Center staff will help you find the best courses to help you accomplish your goals.

 

Equipment

Cricut

A Cricut is an electronic cutting machine that allows you to cut and score designs from materials like paper, vinyl, car stock and iron-on transfers. 

  • The Cricut Explore 3 has the added ability to use "smart materials" that work without a cutting mat allowing you to do larger projects.
  • The Cricut Venture is a wide format professional cutting machine.
  • Heat press (Cricut Easy Press 3 Heat Press Machine) - is a specialized press designed for applying heat transfer designs onto fabric, wood and other surfaces.

Tools:

  • Cricut Explore 3
  • Cricut Venture
  • Cricut Design space
  • cricut basic tool set
  • vinyl
  • cardstock
  • cutting mat
  • cricut paper cutter
  • heat press

Material for purchase at the L2TC desk:

  • Vinyl sheet 12 x 12 $2 per sheet
  • Cardstock 12 x 12 $.50 per sheet

 
3D Printer

Bambu Labs P1S - is a Fused Deposition Modeling printer. They extrude polylactic acid a compostable thermoplastic dericed from corn starch through a nozzle and deposit it in layers on a heated platform called a build plate. It works like a fancy hot glue gun.

Files can be found at Thingiverse, Printable, and Bambu Studio. Files must be printable in less than three hours.

Print price:
3D prints $2 per print (payment after print completion - no charge if print fails)

3DPolicy:

  1. The Library offers customers the use of 3D printers to inspire interest in design and to promote digital literacy and entrepreneurship in our community.
  2. The Library may charge a nominal fee to print and may set limitations on print time for the purpose of providing fair and equal access to the 3D printers.
  3. Customers can design and create 3D printed-items of any type other than those that:
    1. Are prohibited by local, state, or federal law;
    2. Are unsafe, harmful, dangerous, or pose an immediate threat to the well-being of others (For example, guns, knives, or other possible lethal weapons);
    3. Are obscene or otherwise inappropriate for the Library environment; and or
    4. Violate another person’s property rights, (For example, the printer cannot be used to reproduce objects or materials that are subject to copyright, patent, or trademark protection).
  4. Library staff are available to troubleshoot prints as time allows.
  5. The Library will not be liable for functional failure of materials made through the use of its 3D printers, or injuries or property damage caused by them.

 
Laminator

A laminator is a machine that applies a protective plastic film to documents, photos, or other materials by using heat and pressure to seal them between two plastic sheets

Material for purchase at the L2TC desk:
Laminator pouches $.50 per sheet

 
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