a hot pink, sparkly 3d printed trinket box shaped like a cell phone holding nail tools
the back of the phone trinket box, with raised, barbie font that says vikkie

For this project, I was inspired by Y2K style toy cell phones, specifically the ones that have lipgloss or eyeshadow in them. I wanted to make something pink and girly that I could store something in.

The challenge with this project was designing something that would look reasonably clean as a 3D print, which I discovered has a lot of limitations. It took multiple attempts and some pretty ugly prototypes before I arrived at the final build.

a bad, 3d printed prototype with a lot of excess support material
a bad, 3d printed prototype with a lot of excess support material

I ultimately figured out that I should print it out in four separate pieces that I could then superglue together.

It’s been a great home for my nail tools so far!

the four parts of the final 3d print before they're glued together