The Lucky Resistor blog has embarked on a journey to design a series of flower pot designs.

The advent of the Prusa XL printer opened new horizons for large-scale 3D printing, making it an even more practical craft than before. Faced with the need to replace a flower pot, my first thought was to print one, expecting to find an abundance of suitable models online.

Surprisingly, while there were many beautiful and creatively designed pots, most were sized for very small plants, and scaling them up resulted in disproportionately thick walls. Although there are a few generators that allow for custom-sized pots, the results often lacked polish.

This realization sparked my determination to create my own designs.

At the heart of this design journey lies a fascination with geometric forms—triangles, pentagons, hexagons, septagons, octagons, and nonagons. Crafting these shapes into 3D-printable pots, reminiscent of classic terracotta aesthetics, posed a unique set of challenges.

The goal was to achieve pots with gracefully angled sides and a pronounced, wide rim, ensuring each side maintains a consistent width across layers for efficient and smooth printing. This necessitated precise control over the radii at the corners, a detail crucial for the desired print quality.

Check out the designs in the post here.