Vicky Somma

Empowered by the 3D Printing Service Bureau, Shapeways, Vicky started 3D Printing her Blender designs in 2014, a full year before owning her own 3D Printer. In November of 2014, Vicky was named one of the winners of the White House 3D Printed Ornament Design Contest. Her ornament inspired by the Library of Congress hung in the East Wing of the White House and is now part of a Smithsonian Collection. For the 2015 and 2016 Holiday Seasons, Vicky had 3D Printed Ornaments hanging in the Virginia Executive Mansion.

Today, Vicky designs in Blender and OpenSCAD. She prints on a MakerGear M2 and a Wanhao Duplicator i3 to make a line of designs that she sells at craft shows and Etsy. She teaches TinkerCad and 3D Printing classes for local librarians. She maintains a 3D Printing Blog at http://www.tgaw.com and makes regular appearances on the Friday 3D Printing Community Hangouts (#F3DPCH).

Vicky's work has been featured on NBC's Today Show, CBSNews, 3DPrint.com, 3DPrintingIndustry.com, 3Ders.org, the Washington Post, and Michelle Obama's Instagram. Her designs have been highlighted by Thingiverse, Simplify3D, and Shapeways.