March 31, 2025
Description
This design is a series of corks for wine bottles or other glass bottles with various miniatures of antique art serving as a handle.
The miniatures are based on real artworks digitalized by photogrammetry.
The corks are available in 3 sizes (S, M and L) It should be printed in TPU 95A with 0.2mm layer height and 0.4mm width. The M size is designed around French wine bottles (18.5 mm openings) but its geometry is adequat for a large variation of diameters. You may only ever need M size. However S and L sizes can be more adequate for openings below 17.5 or higher than 19mm.
The TPU cork and the figurine handle should be printed apart and simply screwed together. It is designed to be a tight fit but TPU 95A can accommodate it and it results in a strong junction.
Eight new variants are available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7042283
For more context on the original armpieces you can look at this “instructable”:https://www.instructables.com/3D-Printing-Wine-Cork-to-Enjoy-World-Wide-Ancient-/
For the original art pieces you can choose among:
An amulet of Isis from Egypt, 305–30 BCE https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/amulet-of-isis-and-horus-ncma-explore-dae262f0dc5247f5a37be09ce4f17a1b
The statue of a woman from the Lobi people from Ghana https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/lobi-people-female-ancestral-figure-d300009a63a34dc7846b3a1a34ab6042
A Sculptured head from the Maya archeological site of Copan (modern day Honduras), probably AD 300-900 https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sculptured-head-copan-printable-c1579a2bf63b495facf22d019884001f
A Sangxingdui Bronze Head from modern day China 12th-11th centuries BC https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-bronze-head-in-the-museum-of-natural-science-of-houston-usa-11248
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike