mid terms binding

I was thinking about how I could change the shape of clay that is extruded from the 3D printer and I realised that it works basically on a same principle as icing in baking. The only difference is that for 3d printing we use air pressure.

What if we change then the nozzle for an icing tip?
I experimented first with clay and the machine itself as it is quite difficult to find the right recipe, after that I tried to change the nozzle for one icing tip I had at home. While doing it I also realized that It could be interesting to do it as a hand work, exactly as when you are baking.

I did this experiment on very last day, so I did not have a change to try it multiple times, however the clay was extruding through the icing tip, which is a good sign. I tried 3d printing and everything was working, but my file had wrong set up, so I had to stop and fix that. After that I had a hard time to do the printing again. So I tried to change the nozzle back to see if the problem was in icing tip and it took me a while to figure it out.
I decided to make new clay and change air pressure, the printing worked again, however I did not have time to continue with my experiment.

All in I was happy that I could see the idea could work if I find a better connection for the icing tip.

Combination of hand work and 3d printing

I upload images of leather into Cura and let the file translate in the software. My goal was to create flexible textile, that could be use in fashion.
I changed the settings in Cura - height of the layers, nozzle size, speed, bottom layer, support layer, number of layers, temperature,..
Moreover I was changing speed and temperature constantly while the file was printing.

I was experimenting with different types of plastic materials. My goal was to blend them together, by using the heat to melt them.
A lot of them were mostly fails, however PVC vinyl tarpaulins turned out to be the best solution for this.

Bigger nozzle (0.8mm) works better than smaller, it is way more easy for the machine to melt the material together and get over it.
As PVC vinyl is quite thin it can be easily blend with PLA.