Fun Pots for Plants

Using files found on Thingiverse and from Morphosource I took models of some of my favorite animals including a snail and a box turtle and then used Blender to cut cylindrical holes to turn them into pots for some plant cuttings. When cutting the holes I also added a drainage hole, common in many pots to keep water from sitting in the soil. To catch this water I printed two trays that sit perfectly on the shelf holding the pots and containing the excess water. I hope to make more planters with this process using more museum specimen scans available on Morphosource. 

3d printed brown snail shaped planter on white bookshelf

3d printed tan box turtle shaped planter on white bookshelf

 

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