Creating Customized Products
Why do people buy brand name products that are objectively on par with other similar products? How do Louis Vuitton, Supreme, Nike, etc sell a shirt or shoes for hundred of dollars, when it only costs a handful of dollars, if that, to make. Because it has a name. I set out to provide that name, that premium, different product for as many people as I could. These are the fruits of my labors.
With the school year fast approaching, I knew I wanted to target schools with customized ear savers. Something they could feel proud of wearing and be uniform in appearance. This was my first time creating a dual colored print. I extruded a base of white and then built up only the top half of the ear saver. Once that was finished, I changed the filament to red and ran a second file. This file was offset from the build plate by .3mm, the height of the first layer. I learned that any height greater than .6mm would be melted by the nozzle, but the first multi-file print was a huge success!!
My experimental print was such a success, that the mother of the woman I printed it for reached out to me directly and asked me to make a version for her. I took what I learned, and gladly obliged. These are the first Multicolored singular prints I ever sold!