Flow Vase

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This is the Flow Vase, because it was made in a flow. :-) The idea is to print it in "vase mode" or "spiral outer contour mode". The blue PLA one stretches in the Z direction to make it easier for the FDM printer to close gaps (in Vase Mode). The Orange ABS one is printed in normal mode, but then without infill and 0 top layers. Wall count is set to two layers. With a nozzle of 0.4 mm, this makes walls 0.8 mm thick. This was an attempt to make it easier for the FDM printer to close walls without stretching the object too much in the Z direction. A disadvantage was that I had to do cleaning due to stringing. So I still prefer the "vase mode" option. :-) The Big blue One took 20 hours and is 50 cm high. This is file "flow vase3.stl", and it's scaled at 200% in the Z direction. I experimented with light, which gave some illusive light effects. I tried to capture it on photo.. Note: For making it easier on the FDM printer, I made three different models. "flow vase2.stl" & "flow vase3.stl" are the easiest. "flow vase.stl" should be printed easily when Z is stretched out to 160%.