Creative Tech Week

The LTG was formed in 2013, and began as an informal gathering of friends who shared tips, resources and tech support. Forming a group opened numerous doors to us, and has been massively beneficial to us all as artists, business owners and educators. We recently returned from teaching at Makerfest India and would love to share our experiences in building a collective, to inspire audience members to form their own guilds.

Bios:

3D designer Ebony Fleur works across of broad range of media, spanning from high jewelry, costume jewelry, product design and virtual sculptures, and imagery in the form of 3D renders.

Sophie Kahn is a Brooklyn-based digital artist, who creates Victorian-futurist sculpture using 3D scanning, 3D printing and ceramic and bronze casting. She has exhibited internationally. Sophie also runs ScannerWorksNY, a business providing 3D scanning and consulting services to artists and designers.

Architect and designer Annelie Koller is currently senior design researcher at the biotech startup, Modern Meadow, the first company to attempt to grow sustainable animal-based materials in a lab. Annelie lectures at Parsons and is an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam & the community lab Genspace.

Natalia Krasnodebska has been embedded in the 3D ecosystem through her own 3D printed jewelry, as the past Community Manager at Shapeways, and now as Communications Manager for Sketchfab. As an expert on 3D printing, design and IP laws, she has spoken on numerous panels in NYC.

Lauren Slowik is the Design Evangelist for Education at Shapeways and a part-time professor at Parsons. Her research is focused on 3D design, 3D printing and the future of creativity in education.

Dr. Laura Taalman is a Professor of Mathematics at James Madison University, with a Ph.D. in mathematics from Duke University.

Ashley Zelinskie is a Brooklyn-based conceptual artist working at the intersection of art, technology and mathematics. Her works span a variety of media, from large- and small-scale sculpture to canvas and print works, each created using cutting edge technology such as 3D printing and computer-guided laser cutting. Her work has been exhibited and collected internationally.