for air plants.
Print facts
- Cradle
- 70 x 70 mm
- Whale
- 81 x 49 mm
- Print time
- 48 min
- Filament
- 24 g
- Drain
- 4 mm hole
- Set up for
- P2S
01About
Small, open holders that let air plants breathe and show them off: on a shelf, a desk, hanging in a window or on the wall. Four designs, each printed in one piece: a low-poly bowl with triangle windows, an open hexagon frame that stands or hangs from twine, a cheerful whale with the plant tucked into its back, and a flat wall ring with a little cup at the bottom.
The cradle is 70 x 70 x 37 mm, the hexagon about 74 x 44 x 71 mm, the whale about 81 x 49 x 47 mm with a 27 mm pocket, and the wall ring 80 mm across and 96 mm tall with its keyhole tab. Every floor and cup has a 4 mm drain hole. Air plants need no soil.
Each holder prints in one piece with nothing to put together. The cradle and hexagon need no supports; the whale and the wall ring's cup print with supports underneath, as the guide shows.
One color each: no AMS needed. Print them in four colors, or all four on one plate in one color. Add your own twine for the hexagon and one small nail or screw for the wall ring. The 3MF projects are set up for a Bambu Lab P2S, and the STLs print on any printer. The license lets you sell the holders you make.
- Four designs for small air plants
- Stand, hang or mount on the wall
- Drain hole in every holder
- One piece each, nothing to assemble
- No AMS, no glue
- Sell the holders you make
02How to print
Open the 3MF in Bambu Studio
Open it as a project (File, then Open Project). The printer, plate and settings are already saved, so there's nothing to set up. Printing on another brand? Use the STL files with the settings below.
Load your filament
You need four colors:
- CradleWhite
- HexagonOlive green
- WhaleCaramel tan
- Wall ringDark green
Print
Print each holder as supplied. The cradle and hexagon need no supports; the whale and the wall ring cup print with supports underneath. Each comes off the plate in one piece: nothing to glue or put together.
Keep the scale at 100%. The hexagon has short bridges that print without supports: keep part cooling on. Let the whale and the wall ring cool before you peel their supports away.
Printing on another printer or slicer? See the settings
The 3MF projects have these settings saved for a Bambu Lab P2S. Using the STLs on another printer? These are the settings they were made with.
- Printer
- Bambu Lab P2S, 0.4 mm nozzle, textured PEI plate
- Material
- PLA, one color per holder
- Layer height
- 0.20 mm
- Walls
- 3
- Infill
- 15% gyroid
- Orientation
- As supplied (the wall ring lies on its flat back)
- Supports
- Cradle and hexagon none; whale and wall ring cup on
- Brim
- 3 mm outer brim
03What to print
5 layouts. Print any one holder, or all four together on one plate:
| Part | How many | Color |
|---|---|---|
| A low-poly bowl with triangle windowsFaceted-Cradle | 1× | White |
| An open hexagon frame with a hanging loopHanging-Hexagon | 1× | Olive green |
| A whale with a plant pocket in its backWhale | 1× | Caramel tan |
| A wall ring with a cup and a keyhole tabWall-Ring | 1× | Dark green |
| All four holders on one plate, in one colorAll-Four | 1× | One color |
Each layout comes as a 3MF project and as an STL: use one or the other, not both.
04Using it
Add your plant
Set a small air plant loosely in the opening. No soil is needed.
Hang the hexagon
Stand it on its flat base, or tie your own twine through the loop at the top.
Mount the wall ring
Hang it from a small nail or screw through the keyhole tab, then check it sits firmly.
The full notes, including plant care and the wall fixing size, are in START_HERE.txt inside the download. Water the plant away from the holder and let it drain. Keep PLA away from hot windows and radiators.
05Selling your prints
Every download comes with a license that lets you sell the physical prints you make. The full terms are in LICENSE.txt inside the ZIP.
You can
- Print it for yourself, family and friends, and as gifts
- Sell physical prints, with no quantity limit or royalty
- Change the files for your own printing, and sell prints of those too
- Use your own photos of your prints to sell them
You can't
- Share, upload, sell or give away the files, or remixes of them
- Pass the files on with a print you sell
- Claim the design as yours, or imply 3MF Labs endorses your shop
Want a friend to have the files? Send them this page. Read the full license
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