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Process

The process

A print is only as good as the decisions before it

Four stages, no shortcuts. Here's exactly what happens between an idea and the object that arrives in your hands.

Sculptural orange 3D printed vessel on a pedestal
01

Modelled from zero

Every object starts as a parametric CAD sketch. Nothing is downloaded, nothing is traced. Wall thickness, overhang angles and joint clearances are designed for additive manufacturing from the first line.

Printer nozzle extruding glowing orange filament layer by layer
02

Sliced with intent

Slicing is where a print earns its finish. We tune layer height per surface, add sacrificial seams where the eye won't land, and choose infill by how the piece will be handled — display, or daily play.

Bright studio with several 3D printers and orange printed objects on shelves
03

Printed in the studio

All machines live in one room, calibrated weekly. Batches are small so a failed layer never becomes a failed order, and every filament spool is logged against the pieces it produced.

04

Finished by hand, inspected twice

Supports are removed with hand tools, seams are shaved and sanded, moving joints are broken in and tested. Anything that doesn't pass gets reprinted, not discounted.

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