Digitprop – Paper design

Bird Cage Egg

This is a 3d print I made last minute for Easter: A bird in an egg-shaped cage. The egg is just a little bit smaller than a real chicken egg. I like this one in particular because it is something that would be difficult to do with injection molding – at least in one piece and one step.

The kids like it very much. And it is a fast print – about 20 min.

You can find the model here. I have made two variants, one with a ring to hang it, the other without.

 

Also, since we are on the topic of Easter trinkets, here is a beautiful model by Mirice on Thingiverse which I printed: An origami bunny in plastic: