Magnetic Desk Sculpture

Black/white PETG and glow in the dark PLA - 132mm x 50mm x 175mm (L x W x H). 

SKILLS USED: Solidworks CAD, FDM 3D printing

Each of the 16 magnets is anchored by a thread and “locked" in tension by a magnet embedded in the opposite side of the white ring - floating in place at any orientation. 

Recently I designed, printed, and retrofitted a drive drum to rotate my magnetic desk sculpture (seen in the video above).

This is actually the second pass I've done at this concept. The first used much larger magnets and LED strips, which ultimately I felt lost the delicacy of the piece.