Nechiswa's 3D Printed Pencil Holder Is a Spiral Vase Study

Nechiswa's 3D printed pencil holder uses spiral vase mode plus tri-color filament to turn a small desk accessory into a sculptural object for the office.

The geometry is a single helical sweep — one continuous line climbing in a tight spiral. Vase mode printing means the nozzle never stops; the extrusion keeps traveling upward without breaks. At 0.6mm line width and 0.2mm layer height, that produces a thin faceted wall, drawing-like in detail but rigid enough to hold pens upright. Most 3D printed pencil holder designs try to look industrial. This one looks geometric.

How vase mode shapes a 3D printed pencil holder

Nechiswa modeled the form from scratch in Onshape rather than remixing an existing file — and the proportions show it. The diameter sits low enough to feel anchored on a desk, the height tall enough to swallow a fistful of pens without leaning. Tri-color filament does the rest: each helical facet catches light at a different hue, so the 3D printed pencil holder reads differently from every angle.

See the model and recommended print settings from nechiswa on Printables. The 3D printed pencil holder is free to download and best printed in vase mode at 0.6mm line width.