VesselMaker

What is VesselMaker?

VesselMaker is a browser tool for designing vases, bowls and planters for FDM printing. You start from a simple shape and stack non-destructive modifiers on top of each other, such as twists, tapers, bends and tactile surface reliefs, and blend them until the vessel looks right. The Reshape Lattice modifier (November 2026) wraps the vessel in a cage of handles: pull a handle, a line or a whole ring to push out a bulge on one side, lean or twist the body, or squash it into an oval or a soft square, with a Sharp mode for faceted low-poly shapes, a Mirror option and built-in starting shapes. It also works on a tablet with a finger or an Apple Pencil.

It is built around printability. Overhang detection highlights the parts that would need supports while you design, and self-supporting inner walls add printable internal geometry under flat shoulders so the slicer does not have to fill them with supports. A section view cuts through the model on three axes, and the print check flags walls that have become too thin. There is also a PBR material editor and an AI render tool that uses your own Google Gemini API key to make product images. You export the finished design as STL.

VesselMaker is in beta and needs an account (Google or email); the terms say access may be limited during parts of the beta. During the beta, export is free for everyone, premium features included. The terms describe a Pro plan for premium exports and a Commercial plan for selling prints or files; no public prices are listed yet.

What you can make

• Vases
• Bowls
• Planters
• Textured vessels
• Asymmetric and faceted vessels

How to use VesselMaker

1. Sign in with Google or email
2. Pick a base shape and stack modifiers such as twist, taper, relief or Reshape Lattice
3. Fix any highlighted overhangs and check the section view
4. Export the STL and slice it