Acknowledgments

The supportive Shapeways staff and their designer community; "real" designers such as Ontogenie's Kimberly Falk, Universe Becoming's James Kincaid, Melange's Michael Williams, and Likesyrup's Scott Denton took the time to offer feedback, share words of encouragement, and answer questions to a brand new, fledgling 3D modeler such as myself.

The YouTubers who work tirelessly to share their knowledge and friendship. Joel Telling from 3D Printing Nerd, Joe Larson from 3D Printing Professor, and Tessa Nesci from SparkyFace5 all taught me skills that immediately improved my workflow. He does not know me or my name, but I will always be grateful to CG Cookie's Jonathan Williamson and his impeccable Blender tutorials that got me started.

The embracing maker and 3D printing community, particularly the very first ambassadors who made me feel immediately welcome—Matt Gorton of Printed Solid and 3D Central's Chris Caswell and Andrew Sink.

The educators who are determined to bring 3D printing and design to our public schools and libraries, such as Design Make Teach's Josh Ajima and Fairfax County Public Library's Margaret Kositch. Their work is inspiring and motivating. They teach me how to teach.

The business owners of Occoquan, Virginia, and their sharing of leads and ideas. The Coordinate Bracelet from chapters 5 to 7 was the suggestion of The Polka Dot Diva's Kristyn Gleason.

The friends who encouraged me to take on this intimidating and time-consuming project—Aaron Evans, Ann Bowman Jones, Brian Nenninger, and Mark Duncan.

My boss at my day job at Management Solutions of Virginia, Larry Bowman; he endlessly mocks my 3D printing, but I know he is secretly proud of me.

The editing staff at PacktPub who worked just as hard, possibly harder, than me.

My family on the front line. My mother, Anne Sawyer, took on extra chores without complaint or hesitation. My two sons, Sagan and Dyson, not only weathered Mommy's pided focus but patiently posed for pictures again and again and again (and again). My nephew, Lincoln, appears in Chapter 2, Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves, thanks to the permission of his parents, Brittany and Chris Neigh.

Finally, my husband, Ryan; from blogging to my embarrassing attempts in college to emulate Kurt Vonnegut—when I write, I write with him in mind.

Photo credits:

Chapter 2, Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves, Roy Lichtenstein House 1 Photos by Aaron Evans

Chapter 3, Converting a Bezier Curve to a Properly Sized 3D Mesh, Quilt Square photos by Heidi Elliott