Today I experimented with color changing filament (PLA); it changes its color to blue at low temperatures.
The idea was to make some pendants using only white color PLA filament. I had two ideas on how I could incorporate some colors.
First was to add pieces of drawing pastel between to pieces of whatever I made with the 3D pen. I made a square, a triangle and a heart shape.
Notice the lines in the square.Those will unite after placing them in the oven
After I cut pieces of pastel and placed them on top of the square, triangle and heart I covered them with their twin piece and placed them in the oven for about 10 minutes. The heat helps smooth the surface and join each two identical pieces.
Now I just have to figure out how to make a small in each of them to add them to a chain.
Watch the video to see how they changed color after I put them in ice cold water.
The second thing that I have tried was adding drawing ink to the 3d pen objects. I added ink on top of the objects. My theory was that the ink will infiltrate the shapes, but this didn't happen. The only thing that worked was to add the ink between two identical objects and place them in the oven to join them.
I think that the ones with the pastel turned out better.What do you think?
