Vortice Table Lamp

We’ve decided to open up our lamp designs to the maker community and allow anyone to print one!  

The Vortice Lamp is a unique spiral style shade 3d printed lamp designed at Dryft Home and now you can make your own version in your home. If you can't print one yourself and you're in Canada or USA consider supporting us at https://www.dryfthome.com.

Inspired by the swirling motion of a fast-moving storm, the Vortice shade creates a soft, even glow — perfect for a desk, reading nook, nightstand, or anywhere you want a small, warm light. Like all of our lamps, it’s fully 3D printed and works with either of our two bases (Ridge or Peak).

Print instructions are important for getting a clean, consistent result, especially due to the rounded globe shape. Please follow the settings closely. These are Orca Slicer profiles, but they can be replicated easily in most slicers. Don’t forget: the Vortice shade needs increased line width and adaptive layer height. In Bambu Studio you need to implement scarf seams in filament settings if you are using a different filament for the bases.

Print Details – Cumulis Shade

• Printer type: FDM
• Material: PLA - White recommended
• Adaptive Layer Height: ON, Quality 0.10
• Size: 190mm wide by 195mm tall
• Filament needed: ~80g
• Nozzle size: 0.4mm
• Line width: 0.6mm 
• Sprial Vase mode: On
• Brim: No brim
• Supports: No
• Bottom layers: 5
• Infill density: 0%
• Outer wall speed: 75mm/s or less

Print Details - Peak or Ridge Lamp Base

• Printer type: FDM
• Material: PLA - Matte filament recommended
• Layer height: 0.2 mm
• Peak Base Size: 130mm wide by 100mm tall
• Ridge Base Size: 190mm wide by 195mm tall
• Filament needed: 90-140g
• Nozzle size: 0.4mm
• Line width: default
• Bottom/Top layers: default
• Infill density: 15%
• Sprial Vase mode: Off
• Wall loops: default (2)
• Brim: No brim
• Supports: No
• Seam position: Back
• Staggered inner seams: checked
• Scarf joint seam: Contour and hole
• Scarf joint speed: 75%
• Scarf joint for inner walls: checked
• Wall Order Ridge: Outer Inner
• Wall Order Peak: Inner, Outer, Inner

For the 40mm lock washer, print in flexible filament. We use 95A TPU, 10% infill, 1 wall loop, 3 upper and 3 lower walls.

Assembly

To assemble the lamp, you’ll need a cord. We recommend a cord about 6 ft long with an inline rocker switch about 1.5–2 ft from the socket. The socket must be 40mm wide with a threaded base, as shown in the photos. We normally use a cord with an E26 standard bulb base and a US/CA plug. Use LED bulbs only to avoid heat buildup — 9W or less recommended.

You can easily find lamp cords online, but if you want the exact one we use, it’s available here:
https://www.dryfthome.com/products/table-lamp-cord?variant=45162499932217

Assembly video (same process as Mammatus):
https://cdn.shopify.com/videos/c/o/v/1761d9ace59a4949adf04db5f30c1c1f.mp4

If you’d rather skip printing and receive a finished lamp, the Cumulis Table Lamp is available here:
https://www.dryfthome.com

Pendant Alternative

The Vortice shade also works beautifully as a pendant light. You’ll need a pendant cord with a 40mm threaded E26 socket and a ceiling canopy. These are widely available online, but if you’d like the exact one we use, you can find it here:
https://www.dryfthome.com/products/pendant-light-cord

Commercial License

If you're interested in printing and selling our lamp designs please explore the commercial license options on our profile.