EDUstick® Creators Club

Rosette with Your Own Palette

Choose your own PLA palette and repeat a colorful module in six sectors. The connected spokes and fills form a flat rosette, 10 cm in diameter, for your pattern collection.

Your outcome: Create a rhythmic decoration from a repeated module.

Beginners aged 8 and up, with assistance suited to the device and skill level • Approximately 40–65 minutes, including 25–45 minutes of pen work

Illustration of the finished construction. Full-size (1:1) templates are supplied on a separate sheet.

Preparation

What you need

A 3D pen, the selected filament and equipment available in your workspace. See the complete list below.

Tick off prepared items. Your selections are saved on this device.

Tools

PLA-compatible 3D pen1 per participant

Filament

PLA in selected colors, with a diameter compatible with the deviceaccording to the material allowance

Equipment

Standard transparent mat from the kit, suitable for pen work1 per participant

Printouts

Rosette template on plain paper, printed at 100% (1:1)1 per participant

Equipment

Ruler for checking the 20 mm reference line1 shared

Filament — amounts include extra

PLA 1.75 mm — frame and center0.8 m · ≈ 2.4 gPLA 1.75 mm — fills of the fields near the center2.3 m · ≈ 6.9 gPLA 1.75 mm — fills of the fields near the perimeter2.4 m · ≈ 7.2 g

Total filament: 5.5 m · approximately 16.5 g

The quantities include extra filament. Grams indicate estimated net filament mass, excluding packaging.

Preparation

Before you start

Print at 100% scale and, before placing the mat, use a ruler to check the 20 mm reference line. You can replace the example colors with your own.
After confirming the scale, place the transparent mat over the template and choose your PLA colors. Prepare the pen according to the device instructions. The tip is hot; get adult assistance suited to the device and your skill level.

The large image shows the stage outcome; small views show the action. ×N: repeat the entire action N times, cooling and checking each time. Illustrations are not at 1:1 scale.

Session 1 • stage 1/4

Build the outline and center

Trace the rosette outline with PLA. Close the perimeter by joining the end of the strand to its beginning. Draw a small circle in the center and add adjoining strands around it until the central area is filled.

Check: The perimeter is closed and the central area is filled.

If it does not work: Use fresh PLA to close any gap in the perimeter or between the strands in the center.

1 × Shared rosette frame · PLA | template W01

→ T001 • Techniques — reference appendix

The outer frame and the center of the rosette are formed.

Shared rosette frame

Blue / dark emphasis: the part used in this action. Arrows: visual guides. Illustration not to scale.

Session 1 • stage 2/4

Connect the six sectors

Make six spokes from the center to the perimeter and join them to both. In each sector, add the angled area boundaries shown on the template; join their ends to the spokes and their tips to the perimeter.

Check: Six spokes connect the center to the perimeter; every area has a closed frame.

If it does not work: Use fresh PLA to connect any unattached end of a spoke or area boundary.

1 × Shared rosette frame · PLA | template W01

→ T001 • Techniques — reference appendix

Spokes are added to the outline and center, forming a shared frame for the fills.

Shared rosette frame

Blue / dark emphasis: the part used in this action. Arrows: visual guides. Illustration not to scale.

Session 1 • stage 3/4

Create your colorful module

Choose colors for the areas in the first sector. Lay strands side by side from one edge of an area to the other: join the ends to the frame and the sides to neighboring strands. Start with short strands and fill the areas in this sector.

Check: One sector shows your own color arrangement; the strands touch the frames and one another.

If it does not work: Use fresh PLA to fill any gaps along the frame and between strands.

1 × Fills for areas near the center · PLA | template follow the written method

1 × Fills for areas near the perimeter · PLA | template follow the written method

→ T002, T003 • Techniques — reference appendix

Close-up: strand ends join the frame; sides join the neighboring strand

The completed first module on the existing frame

Fills for areas near the center · Fills for areas near the perimeter

Blue / dark emphasis: the part used in this action. Arrows: visual guides. Illustration not to scale.

Session 1 • stage 4/4

Repeat the palette around the rosette

Fill the corresponding areas in the other five sectors, repeating your color arrangement. Check the connections and fill any visible gaps. Wait for the piece to cool completely. Compare the six modules and add the rosette to your own pattern collection.

Check: Six modules repeat the color arrangement. Once cool, the spokes and fills remain in one piece.

If it does not work: Fill any visible gaps with fresh PLA and wait again until the piece is completely cool.

1 × Fills for areas near the center · PLA | template W01

1 × Fills for areas near the perimeter · PLA | template W01

→ T002, T003 • Techniques — reference appendix

All earlier elements remain, while five more modules complete the colorful rosette.

Fills for areas near the center · Fills for areas near the perimeter

Blue / dark emphasis: the part used in this action. Arrows: visual guides. Illustration not to scale.

Finished — check the outcome

The rosette shows six repetitions of the selected color arrangement.
Each spoke connects the center to the perimeter, and the fills adhere to the frames and neighboring strands.
Once completely cool, the rosette remains in one piece and can be added to the collection.

Save the model to your collection and rate the activity in the Creators Club.

Finished model

Finished rosette — top view

Compare your model with the illustration.

Techniques — reference appendix

T001 • Stage 1 · Stage 2

1 × Shared rosette frame · PLA | template W01

Make the outline and center, then six spokes and angled area boundaries using a single template. Join the fresh strands at every contact point.

T002 • Stage 3 · Stage 4

1 × Fills for areas near the center · PLA | template follow the written method

1 × Fills for areas near the center · PLA | template W01

Fill the areas with adjacent strands; join the ends to the frame and the sides to a neighboring strand. Repeat the arrangement in six sectors.

T003 • Stage 3 · Stage 4

1 × Fills for areas near the perimeter · PLA | template follow the written method

1 × Fills for areas near the perimeter · PLA | template W01

Fill the sector's side areas with your selected color. Join each strand to the edges of the area and to the neighboring strand.