Power hour: Online 3D modelling workshop with Livi Wilmore
New for 2025!
Want to try 3D modelling but don’t know where to start?
Join us for a friendly, hands-on workshop with Livi Wilmore, digital artist and creative technologist at Electric Medway.
In this one-hour session, you will follow along as Livi shows you how to use SculptGL. It is a free, easy-to-use 3D modelling tool that works in your browser. By the end, you will have created a realistic virtual pastry, a fun way to learn about shape, texture and detail, even if this is your first time with 3D design.
Livi will also introduce Niantic 8th Wall studio, a new browser-based augmented reality tool. You will see how to turn your 3D model into an interactive experience using image tracking and location features. Livi will highlight simple templates that make it easy to get started with augmented reality on the web.
What you will learn:
How to sculpt a virtual pastry using SculptGL’s key tools
Tips to add realistic details quickly as a beginner
How to export your model and place it in augmented reality using 8th Wall
How to customise ready-made templates in 8th Wall studio
What you need:
A PC or Mac with an internet connection
Access to a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge
That’s it! No downloads or special software required
About Livi Wilmore
Livi is a UK-based artist who works with 3D graphics, animation and immersive storytelling. She studied in Medway and now creates playful augmented reality projects across the UK. Her work explores digital culture, local history and how we see the world.
Livi uses mixed reality to tell lost stories, bring history to life and make people think differently about their surroundings. Her style is surreal and nostalgic with a mix of hyperreal visuals and social themes.
Since joining Electric Medway in 2021, Livi has worked on:
Jezreels 2.0, an augmented reality and website project about local history at Gillingham Library
Medway Megaliths, a youth-led digital drama with custom face filters
Voyage of the ancient beasts, an augmented reality boat ride on the River Medway
An animated motion-capture soldier installation for Upnor Castle, launched in spring 2024
Livi loves making new, creative technology easy to use and inspiring others to try it, so Book your place now to learn the best free tools for 3D modelling and web-based augmented reality.
Did you know this is a part of our wider hack programme?
Power hour skill webinars are part of Hack, our regular sector learning programme designed to help local artists and educators aged 18+ upskill in creative technology and embed it in their work practice.
Launched in 2023, and with a growing membership of over 75 individuals, Hack members are able to access Createch meet ups, Power hour skill webinars, Industry masterclasses and Artist commissions.