Martin Žampach's WAVE: 3D Printed Vases Built for FDM

WAVE is a collection of 3D printed vases by Martin Žampach, made for desktop FDM printers, where the spiral layer lines become the surface design itself.

Most desktop FDM prints fight their own layer lines. Žampach does the opposite. Each of these 3D printed vases rides one continuous spiral, so the 0.4 mm layers land as ridges that follow the form instead of breaking it. The geometry is tuned to the machine, which is why the 3D printed vases print in a single pass, with no support, in whatever filament color a maker already has loaded. Run one in matte black and the surface reads like carved stone; print it in translucent PETG and the light catches every ring.

Designing 3D Printed Vases Around the Machine

That is the quiet argument these 3D printed vases make. Žampach treats FDM as a material with its own grain, not a flaw to sand away. The shapes only make sense as a print: no mold, no second finishing pass, no two copies the same color. It is product design where the manufacturing and the final look are the same decision.

See the full set of 3D printed vases by Martin Žampach on Behance.