Ceramic Montessori Coasters

I took a ceramics class to explore how ceramics and 3D printing might intersect, as well as how learning ceramics might help me with 3D design and printing. For example, many 3D-printed objects can be made with clay, and vise versa. Material mashups--with some parts 3D printed and other parts ceramic--could be fun. Also, curling and warping can occur with either medium; supports are sometimes needed; both have very different "undo" features (with wet clay, you can just scrunch it up and start over).

As part of my first project, I wanted to see how 3D-printed clay cutters might work to produce basic drink coasters. BTW, clay is much better for higher temperature tasks, like hot pads and trivets, than thermoplastic filament.

I really liked the shapes and quality design of Matthew Vazquez's (RT3DWorkshop) Play-Doh/Montessori Shapes/Cookie Cutters, especially his more complex shapes. I remixed four designs for my project: circle, square, nonagon, and curvilinear triangle. The cutter can