Jazz Ensemble Pin

We hope you will join us all season for One Book, One Chicago!

A special thanks to Ursula for putting together this class.

Today you will create jazz instrument pin using Inkscape and Tinkercad, a 3D printer, and a pin with glue. By the end, we will have a jazz ensemble. A jazz ensemble is a group of musicians who play improvise. Common instruments in a jazz ensemble include the upright bass, piano, drum, trumpet, saxophone, and guitar. Get inspired by this performance by Chicago artists the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble:

https://youtu.be/MktwO47UxwM?t=2m40s

Download Pin Template and Open it in Inkscape

The template is in pixels because when you import it to Tinkercad, one pixel = one millimeter.

Search for a musical image

Import your image into Inkscape

Convert your image into a Path

Delete the original image

Save the SVG to your Desktop

Now for Tinkercad

Import your SVG instrument

Add a background shape

Check alignment

Preparing for export

Is it grouped?

What size is it?