Frederick Douglass Medallion

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The president praised Frederick Douglass, saying he's done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more. This medallion celebrates his incredible life. I designed this model to help students create quick coins and medallions for a mystery artifact history project. Students struggled making convincing replica coin/medallion designs in Tinkercad. Importing svg files as extrusions reduced the visual impact of true bas relief. To achieve the effect, I found a bust of Frederick Douglass online and imported it into Meshmixer. I plane cut away the base and then plane cut the model in half. I transformed the model along one axis and flattened it. I exported the model as an STL file, then imported it into Tinkercad. I added a coin base and date using Tinkercad tools. I exported the STL again and brought it to Sketchfab to create the render. About Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass has done an amazing job ... He endured the inhumanity of slavery after being born to anguish and exploitation but still managed to become a force for solace and liberty when America needed him most. Recognizing that knowledge was his pathway to freedom at such a tender age, he taught himself to read and write and became one of the country's most eloquent spokespersons. Standing up to his overseer to say "I am a man!" Risking life and limb by escaping the abhorrent institution, composing the Narrative of his life and helping to expose slavery for the crime against humanity that it is. Persuading the American public and Abraham Lincoln that we are all equal and deserving of the right to live free, establishing the North Star newspaper when there was very little in the way of navigation or hope for the millions of enslaved persons. Supporting the rights of women when few men of such importance endeavored to do so, arguing against unfair U.S. immigration restrictions, understanding that racism in America is part of our "diseased imagination." Recruiting his sons who were born free to fight in the war to end the enslavement of other African Americans, being appointed the first black U.S. Marshal by President Rutherford B. Hayes, and being appointed U.S. Minister to Haiti by President Benjamin Harrison. Serving as a compelling role model for all Americans for nearly two centuries. Historical Bust - Frederick Douglass by Autodesk Premium is licensed under the Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike license.