I’m loving these feather pendants I made the other day….five in all in a variety of shades. I used two to make this plastic feather pendant necklace:
I made the feathers using a 3D printing pen. As a Michaels Maker, I had a chance to try out the new 3Doodler 2.0 3D Printing Pen and this was the project I came up with:
Here’s the 3D printing pen called the 3Doodler:
It was pretty easy to work. Boo actually read the directions and figured it out first, plugging it in was the first step. Second step: feeding these plastic rods down into the pen. The rods melt, and come out whatever shaped-metal tip you use:
I knew I wanted to make something practical that would get some use: feather pendant necklace was the first thing to come to mind because I have a metal feather necklace I wear a lot, and I actually lost it for about a month before it showed back up again. So why not have some backup jewelry in the same style? To start I drew a feather and then replicated it into multiples onto a piece of tracing paper:
Using a gray colored plastic rod I began to trace and draw parts of the feather directly onto the tracing paper:
I worked on several feathers at the same time:
Switching between different color rods:
I kept layering colors of plastic until I had the below effect. The plastic peels right off the tracing paper when cool:
Blue, clear, black, gray and white feathers:
I attached two feathers for a pendant using a rustic lobster clasp also from Michaels:
A finished plastic feather pendant:
Cool right?
I’d be wearing it but Boo stole it for her own wardrobe.
A little bit more info about the 3Doodler:
- The 3Doodler 2.0 is THE must-have 3D printing pen that is an easy to use (and fun!) tool for crafters, artists and even designers!
- The slim, light-weight pen draws dimensional figures and structures and is much more affordable than a 3Dprinter – you have to check it out!
- You can purchase the pen directly from Michaels.com– and if you need some additional project ideas check out this awesome video.
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