The Workshop · 3D Printing · Machining · Electronics
Most people don't expect this part.
Same hands that fold origami and stir the soup run a lathe and slice an STL. Safety glasses over the silk. Grease on the forearm. No explanation. This is just Nora at the bench.
Studio 01
My Bambu Lab X1C runs while I sleep. I design what I need, print what I love, and sell both the object and the file. Half my kitchen was born on a build plate.
Sage PLA+ · 4" pot
A faceted, folded-paper texture wrapped around a 4-inch pot with a hidden drainage layer. Printed one soft ridge at a time.
"I designed the fold pattern from a crane I couldn't stop making. Now it holds my basil."
3-piece set · Botanical relief
Three low-relief panels — fern, eucalyptus, olive branch — that catch a shadow when the afternoon light comes in sideways.
"Command strips on the back. Rearrange them 'til the wall feels right."
PETG · Repair mod
Snapped the handle off your favorite mug? I print a food-safe-adjacent replacement in PETG with a comfortable ergonomic curve.
"Don't throw out the mug you love. Send me the shape. We'll fix it."
PLA+ · 6-slot
Six little cradles for propagation cuttings or starter herbs, with a drip channel that keeps your windowsill dry.
"This is where my whole windowsill garden begins each spring."
PLA+ · Faceted
A low geometric dish with divided wells for rings, studs, and the earring you always lose. Prints in three of my palette colors.
"By the sink, by the bed, by the door. You need one at every stop."
TPU · Flexible
Flexible TPU channel that clips to your desk edge and tames the cable chaos. Because a calm nervous system starts with a calm desk.
"I printed this in flexible filament so it hugs the cords instead of fighting them."
8 shapes
Eight press molds for casting paper, clay, or chocolate into my signature folds. Print once, make forever.
"The set that started my whole file shop. Print it in PLA and go make something."
Wall relief
The single fern panel from my print shop, ready to slice. Scale it up for a statement piece.
"Print it big. Print it small. Print it in six colors. It's yours now."
6-slot tray
The propagation tray file, tuned for a 0.4mm nozzle with drainage that actually drains.
"Print a stack of them. Gift them with a cutting from your own plant."
Faceted planter
A vase-mode-friendly faceted planter that prints fast and clean. My most-remixed file.
"Vase mode, 0.6 nozzle, and you've got a gift in under two hours."
Print in TPU
The flexible desk-edge channel file. Best in TPU, forgiving in PETG.
"The cheapest file in my shop and somehow the one people thank me for most."
Divided dish
The divided jewelry tray, with a matte top surface setting baked into the file description.
"Print it in the color of your bathroom. It'll look like you bought it somewhere fancy."
Modular hooks
A modular rail-and-hook system for utensils, mugs, and towels. Print as many hooks as your wall can hold.
"I screwed the rail into a stud and printed hooks until the wall was full. No regrets."
10 sizes
Ten parametric L-brackets from tiny to sturdy, for shelves, mods, and the little fixes around the house.
"The unglamorous file that quietly holds half my home together."
I run a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon. I design in Fusion 360. I print in PLA+, PETG, and TPU depending on what the piece needs to be — strong, flexible, food-adjacent, or just pretty on a shelf.
Studio 02 · The garage
Here my voice changes. Still warm — but precise now. Confident in a different way. I don't raise my voice in the shop. The machines are loud enough.
I learned to run a lathe because I needed a custom part and nobody around me was going to make it for me.
Turned brass · Set of 4
Turned on my lathe from solid brass bar stock, hand-finished to a warm satin. Tell me your center-to-center spacing and I'll cut them to fit.
"I turned my own cabinet pulls because the store versions were plastic pretending to be brass. Mine are just brass."
Lead time: 2–3 weeks. Each set turned to order.
Copper · 6" or 8"
A decorative machined copper ring that dresses up a plain terracotta pot. Patinas beautifully over time — like it's been in the family.
"Slip it over a $3 pot and suddenly it belongs on the good shelf."
Lead time: 1–2 weeks.
Aluminum · Your spec
Send me your measurement and load, and I'll machine a bracket that fits exactly — no shims, no wishing it were a quarter-inch different.
"Send me your measurement. I'll make it fit. That's the whole service."
Priced by size & complexity.
Tell me what you need and the measurements you have. I'll come back with a price and a lead time. No part too small, no tolerance too fussy.
Studio 03 · Electronics & automation
I don't explain this part of me. I just let it show. There's a Raspberry Pi cluster in my craft room I haven't fully explained to anyone yet — and I read datasheets at night, with tea, because I want to.
ESP32 moisture sensors buried in every pot, reporting back so I never guess whether the basil is thirsty again.
ESP32 · Capacitive sensors · MQTT
A pump and solenoids I control from my phone. The plants get watered whether I'm home or three states away.
ESP32 · Relay board · Home Assistant
Every sensor, light, and print job on one screen I designed to actually be pretty. Home Assistant, not just Alexa.
Home Assistant · YAML · Lovelace
A Raspberry Pi orchestrating my print jobs overnight so I wake up to finished parts instead of a failed first layer.
Raspberry Pi · Python · OctoPrint
# herb garden moisture — runs on my ESP32 from machine import ADC, Pin import network, time, ujson from umqtt.simple import MQTTClient soil = ADC(Pin(34)) # capacitive probe soil.atten(ADC.ATTN_11DB) # full 0–3.3V range DRY, WET = 3200, 1400 # calibrated in my pots def moisture_pct(): raw = soil.read() pct = (DRY - raw) * 100 // (DRY - WET) return max(0, min(100, pct)) while True: pct = moisture_pct() client.publish(b"garden/basil", ujson.dumps({"moisture": pct})) if pct < 30: print("she's thirsty. watering.") time.sleep(900) # check every 15 min
Calibrate DRY and WET in your own soil — mine are tuned for the terracotta on my windowsill. The G-code tweak that fixed my print quality is a story for another day.
I share my sensor code and automation scripts here. For free. Because knowledge should be. It has more stars than I expected — which still makes me a little shy, honestly.
On TikTok
You came for the self-care tips. You stayed for the lathe. Same girl, wildly different feed.
The Collab Shelf
The tools, filament, and boards on my real bench. If it's here, it earned its place. Some links are affiliate — buying through them keeps the workshop lights on, at no extra cost to you.
The printer I trust to run overnight. Fast, dead-accurate, and quiet enough for the kitchen.
Shop Bambu Lab →Where every part I make starts as a sketch. The subscription that pays for itself in one home project.
Get Fusion 360 →My daily-driver filament for decor. Consistent diameter, gorgeous matte finish. I'll fight about this.
Shop Polymaker →Layout tools, deburring, edge finders — the basics that make the lathe feel like an old friend.
See the set →Anti-fog, don't slide down my nose, and they don't make me look like a lab hostage. Non-negotiable.
Grab a pair →Waxed canvas, real pockets, and it survives grease. Wellness girl meets shop floor, in apron form.
Find your apron →The brain of every sensor in my garden. Cheap, Wi-Fi built in, and endlessly hackable.
Shop ESP32 →My go-to for anything that gets handled or heated. Tough, low-warp, and prints faster than you'd think.
Shop PETG-HF →The one tool I refuse to buy cheap. When a part has to fit, you want measurements you can trust.
See Mitutoyo →I talk about my drybox humidity sensors the way other people talk about their sourdough starter. Dry filament, clean prints.
Shop drybox →The hub running my whole smart home. Local, private, and mine — not rented from a corporation.
Learn more →My honest tier list lives on TikTok. Short version: Polymaker & Bambu up top, Hatchbox as the reliable budget pick.
Watch the tier list →Some links are affiliate or partner links. If you buy something I swear by, it helps keep the workshop running — at no extra cost to you.
The origami and the lathe. The soup and the solder. The candle at night and the datasheet next to it. You don't have to pick which one is real — they both are.