Moon wall lamp: a large 3D printed lunar relief, painted and backlit
A round moon wall lamp with a 3D printed crater relief, dry-brushed by hand and lit from behind. About 62 hours of printing and roughly 1 kg of material, printed on Bambu Lab P1S and P2S printers.
- Completed
- TypeMoon wall lamp (lunar surface relief)
- ProcessFDM 3D printing
- PrintersBambu Lab P1S and P2S (as posted)
- Printing timeAbout 62.1 hours (as posted)
- Material weightAbout 997 g (as posted)
- FinishHand-painted acrylic, dry-brushed highlights (shown in photos)
- LightingLED backlight (LED strip shown in photos)
This is a wall lamp in the shape of the full moon. The face of the lamp is a 3D printed relief of the lunar surface: large basins, crater rims and thousands of small impact pits stand up from a flat disc.
From grey print to finished lamp
The photos follow the build. The relief comes off the printers in plain grey, and the joins between printed sections are still visible as fine lines. It is then painted with black and white acrylic: the white is dry-brushed over the high points so the crater rims catch the light and the hollows stay dark. A strip of LEDs and a dark ring frame turn the disc into a lamp.
How it looks on the wall
Switched on, the light glows around the rim and the painted detail reads like a photo of the moon. With the light falling from one side, the same lamp shows only a crescent, with the craters standing out along the edge.
- Printing time: about 62.1 hours
- Material used: about 997 g
- Printers: Bambu Lab P1S and P2S
Other sizes and finishes can be discussed before printing.