3D Printed Moai Tissue Holder

3D printed Moai tissue holder

A tissue holder shaped like an Easter Island Moai head, 3D printed in two parts, finished in bronze and black, tissues out through the nose.

Service

Product Development & Prototyping

What it is

A tissue holder shaped like a Moai head

How it was made

3D printed in two parts that meet across the mouth

How it works

The tissue pulls out through the opening under the nose

What we brought

What we can do

A landmark turned into a product

The Moai's brow, long nose and ears carry over, and the nose becomes the tissue opening.

How we look after you

Two parts, one clean seam

The head prints in two parts that meet in a fine line across the mouth.

What you get

Tested with real tissues

We pulled tissues through the nose opening one after another to check they come out cleanly.

The brief

Step 1 of 4

Shape: A Moai head on its own base, with brow, nose and ears
Tissue opening: Under the nose, through the front of the head
Finish: Bronze, darkening to black in the recesses

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we 3D printed a tissue holder shaped like a Moai, the stone heads of Easter Island. It had to hold tissues inside and let each one pull out through the nose.

Production

Step 2 of 4

The head was 3D printed in two parts that meet across the mouth, with the opening under the nose running through to the hollow inside.

The Moai head straight on, the opening under its nose showing light through to the hollow inside and a fine seam across the mouth — The nose opening and the seam.

A hand holding the bronze Moai head close up above grey foam, its brow, nose and ear catching the light — The finish up close.

Build and assembly

Step 3 of 4

With the two parts together and tissues inside, we pulled them through the nose one after another to check each came out cleanly.

The Moai head at an angle on artificial grass, the empty opening under its nose ready for a tissue — The opening, ready for tissues.

A white tissue folded out of the Moai's nose opening, the head standing on artificial grass against a grey wall — A tissue pulled through the nose.

A hand drawing a white tissue out from under the Moai's nose, the bronze head standing on artificial grass — Drawing a tissue out by hand.

The final build

Step 4 of 4

The finished Moai stands on its own base in bronze and black, a tissue ready under its nose.

The bronze 3D printed Moai head standing on artificial grass, a white tissue coming out of the opening under its nose — The finished Moai tissue holder.

3D printed Moai tissue holder