Welcome back, dear readers, to The Art of Caesura! Today we celebrate my youngest daughter, Isla's, second birthday! She remains a little ray of sunshine, full of hustle and bustle and well able to keep up with her big sisters who are (almost) always very doting of her. As the time flies by, she is already speaking in short sentences and singing original songs (her favourite being a mash-up between "The Wheels on the Bus" and "Jingle Bells" (in Irish)! So, Happy Birthday Isla! Tune back in next week for another important birthday - this blog turns TEN! Next Week: Happy 10th Birthday!
Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Twenty twenty six! My goodness! What a year it's been! While we'll save the general retrospectives for the blog's TENTH birthday in a couple of weeks time, I would like to spend this time looking back on my 3D printing journey so far over the past year. I placed my order for my 3D printer as a birthday present to myself in November 2024 - buoyed by the Trench Crusade Kickstarter which was running at that time (which really emphasized 3D printing). It arrived a few weeks later and, just having looked back, I can see that my very first print was on December 19th, 2024. I tried to print both the Elegoo Calibration Rook and the free Trench Crusade Red Brigade Model (with dog) at the same time before dialling in any settings on my printer. Unsurprisingly, the rook totally failed and didn't print at all (in retrospect it was likely too cold), but the soldier and dog printed really well. I was hooked! From humble beginnings... I spent the ...