Swan Heart Necklace: 3D Printed

Valentines Day is near, love is in the air, and swans are falling in love. Jewelry is just one way to give something to someone you love. Swans have been used for years to capture the feelings of love into wearable jewelry.

Jewelry making is now easily accessible to everyone thanks to 3D Printing and free software!

It's easy! I'll show you how, Step by Step with Instructables!

• Windows 10 PC
• 3D Builder Program
• Access to a 3D Printer

For this project, you need a two color, black and white, image of a swan.

After a quick search of google images you will find many options.

Or you can create your own image using paint.

In the program 3D Builder, included with the Windows 10 creative update, you can emboss an image into 3D.

Open the program 3D Builder.

The images above will show you step by step!

I've highlighted important events and buttons that are used.

Basically the image you will be using is embossed onto the cube, then you split the shape and delete what you don't need. finally you create a cylinder and scale it into a oval, then you intersect the oval over the swan and it cuts out the shape.

Last you scale it to an appropriate size.

Now that your model is complete you either have someone, or a company print it for you.

Then you need to clean up the freshly printed model and remove any stringing or artifacts.

Then you can paint it, I used silver nail polish. (You could use a pure polyurethane spray for durability)

It's finished so it's time to string it up onto a necklace (I used ribbon) and either wear it or give it to your special someone!