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Water ripple textured rolling pin
Rings of ripples spreading from raindrops, for pottery, soap and clay. Calm, round waves that meet and fade into each other.
◆ Clay
Rings of ripples spreading from raindrops, for pottery, soap and clay. Calm, round waves that meet and fade into each other.
Rings of ripples spreading from three drops on every repeat, about 4.6 mm apart, calmer where two sets of rings meet, like rain on a still pond. Roll it into porcelain for bowls, plates and soap dishes, into clay for coasters, or into polymer clay for pendants and earrings.
Made with our free texture roller tool in its Rolling pin style, not modelled by hand: we drew the pattern in code as a seamless picture, uploaded it, and set a sleeve 40 mm across and 100 mm long, the pattern raised 1.5 mm and repeated three times round and twice along. The sleeve file is then 1 mm shorter, 99 mm, so a printed sleeve turns freely between the handles. The zip holds the texture sleeve and the tool's own two rolling-pin handles, as two STL files, plus the pattern picture, so you can remake the sleeve at another diameter or depth.
Every sleeve in this set slides onto the same two handles: the core, 202 mm long overall, a handle with a 30 mm tube, and a cap that locks on with a quarter turn. Print the handles once, and after that only sleeves.
The first picture is a 3D render of this sleeve on the clay it has pressed. The two photos are our own test print of the rolling-pin system from the texture roller tool, with a hearts sleeve: put together, and as its three parts.
Print the sleeve and both handles standing on their ends, as exported, no supports. A 5 mm brim keeps the tall core steady.
Slide the sleeve over the core's tube, push the cap on with its slots over the two lugs and turn it a quarter turn to lock.
Roll the clay to an even thickness first: 5 to 8 mm for pottery slabs, 2 to 3 mm for jewellery and ornaments.
Roll across once, in one direction, with steady, even pressure, and lift off at the end. Going back and forth doubles the pattern.
Turn the cap back to swap to another sleeve from the set, and wash the sleeve in warm soapy water after use.
Print details
| Works with | Clay |
|---|---|
| Printed parts | 3 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 42 x 42 x 99 mm |
| Print bed needed | 88 x 43 mm, 203 mm tall |
| Filament | ~128 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 20% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Download | ZIP: texture sleeve + 2 rolling-pin handles (2 STL) + pattern picture (PNG) + print sheet + README |
| Added | 2026-09-27 |
Made with the free Texture roller generator. Upload your own shape and get the same kind of tool built from it, in your browser.
Free download. Opens the Thingiverse listing in a new tab.
Free for personal use. Selling the printed piece itself needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.
New to this? Read the texture roller guide.
A pale blue or green celadon, or any transparent glaze that pools: it goes deep in the troughs and thin on the crests, so the rings look like real water. On white porcelain the effect is strongest.
Three drops on every repeat and six repeats on the sleeve, so eighteen ring centres round the pin. Their rings meet in soft seams, which keeps the pattern looking like rain rather than a regular grid.
Yes. Every sleeve in this set is 99 mm long with a 30.6 mm bore, and every zip carries the same core and cap, so you print the handles once and swap sleeves with a quarter turn of the cap. The texture roller tool's own handles have been a smaller size since 28 September 2026, so use the handles from this zip.
About 5 h 10 min for everything on a current printer at 0.2 mm layers: about 1 h 20 min for the sleeve and 3 h 50 min for both handles. Once you have the handles, each new sleeve is only the first part. The times are estimated from the parts' volume, not sliced.
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