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3D Printed Rainbow Snail Planters

I recently invested in a 3d printer, and these little snails were my test prints. They’re from a free to use model, and I primed them with watercolour ground, and painted them with India ink. They were suuuper fun to play with, and I learned a lot about printer settings and painting 3d shapes. I used masking fluid to mask off the stripes on the lighter two snails, but I really struggled with getting it to look clean. (Typical masking fluid problem.) For the final snail, I used acrylic paint over the ink to paint on the stripes, and I like how it’s still a bit translucent. Once the painting was done, I varnished the snail bodies with high gloss varnish and the bodies with matte varnish, so they feel a bit more like real snails.

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Mini Rainbow Snail Rugs

Continuing my series of mini rugs are these two rainbow snails! I love snails so much. They’re somehow super relatable and charismatic.
I really like this design, because the character of each snail changes so much just by switching the order of the rainbow in their shells. Which one do you like best?

These two snail friends are both available right now at RB Studio & Gallery here in Fredericton!

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Etsy

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Micro Turtle and Snail Rugs

Here’s the last batch of micro rugs I’ve created for this year: Snails and turtles! I loved my original turtle so much that I decided to create a template and make some turtle friends. And the snails are just because I love snails. That’s my only excuse haha!

I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support local artists at the Capital Art Sale this year! Everyone I spoke with was stoked by all the support from the community. You all rock!

If you’re interested in learning how to make a mini rug like this, you can check out my Skillshare class on rug tufting!

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If you’d like a custom rainbow rug (or other rainbow-y art) of your pet, please feel free to check out my shop for pricing info.

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