metal_0031.1
Decided the original looked too unfinished (and not raw) so I went with black. Dig the contrast.
metal_0034
Started as one thing, became something else; in this case, a planter that K claimed straightaway.
metal_0030.1
Moved the original shade over to 0032 so I made this one to replace it.
metal_0033
Two tiny versions of the pot from metal_0031 filled with scrap in two (tiny) ways.
metal_0032
Decided to move what was the 3D-printed lampshade for metal_0030 over to this piece which itself began life as another project but metamorphosed into its current state after a scrap donation from one of K's colleagues.
metal_0031
Inspired in equal parts by my wife's garden, Zoetica Ebb's "Alien Botany" series (collected in her exquisite CHIMERIC HERBARIUM book), Lynda Barry's scribble monsters, and my own scrap metal / 3D printing explorations (especially the daylilies I made for my wife, niece, and sister-in-law), the first of my series of imaginary scrap metal plants accompanied by my own 3D-printed vase designs. A fun experiment - and what I hope is the first of many.
20250616 :: iterated to 0031.1: painted the raw metal black
new 3d printer / first tiny test pot
After metal_0030 killed my Creality Ender V3 and an attempt at installing a new extruder failed something miserable, I upgraded to a Creality K1 SE and I’m floored: 37 minutes from start to finish on this tiny test succulent pot. Going to try another large piece for a metal combo tomorrow so if I kill this printer, at least I won’t have had time to get too attached.
metal_0030
Hybrid of scrap metal (copper pipe and an old, unusable jewelers vice) with a plastic, 3D-printed bulb / shade I designed and printed (much to my extruder’s dismay; new one arriving tomorrow), and probably-not-code-ready electrical wiring. This one was by turns fascinating, heartbreaking, fury-inducing, and, ultimately, rewarding. On to the next thing, whatever that is.
