My name is Daniel Bettencourt, owner of Kaizen 3D Prints, located in the Pacific Northwest. I am a full time 3D textile designer. I'm currently printing with Bambu Lab, Snapmaker, and Prusa printers. Kaizen 3D Prints is about pushing the boundaries of 3D printed fabrics and textiles. I work with cosplayers, fashion designers, and high-end brands to create works of art, both functional and fashionable. I love helping others' imagination come to life with the use of 3D design, patterning, and printing. Located out of our home, I live and breathe this passion for 3D fashion. Our only limit is our imagination!
Greetings! A couple of updates: I'm doing my best to juggle all of the things in the workshop while maintaining some sort of work/life balance :X Currently in the works of merging with a good friend's company to share some of my responsibilities and bring my focus back on where my passion began in
Greetings, and happy Easter weekend! A handful of updates :) First and foremost - If you are a current Thangs member, either Commercial or Personal, I invite you to join our Discord channel where we give 3D printing supplies away monthly, troubleshoot, and inspire other like-minded creatives. You w
Greetings, all! We've had a busy December, as I'm sure everyone else has. I am just getting back into the workshop after caring for our dog, recovering from a TPLO surgery. This update will serve as encouragement to link your thangs membership to my Kaizen 3D Prints Discord - This is a growing com
As I wind down another night in the workshop, I realize that tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I wanted to take a moment and thank all of the followers and members. To give back, I will be starting a raffle tomorrow in my Discord channel to give away a Bambu Lab P1S to one lucky current Thangs member (pers
Good morning, and happy Sunday! As of 10/11/25, I have doubled the amount of model credits that you will receive with your personal license, from 5 models per month, up to 10 models per month. These will also rollover to the next month, if you don't use them all. As I am uploaded more base textiles
The time has flown by! I am now fully moved into my new 3D printing workshop, and I've spent the last two weeks finishing up all of the random house projects that have accumulated during my hyperfixation of 3D Printing on textiles :D I have now returned to my 3D printing workshop to start back up s
Greetings! I've started streaming on Twitch, and my next live stream will be July 6th from 12-4PM PST. We'll hang out in the workshop, answer questions, show off some textiles, and design some new stuff. Last time we gave some stuff away, which we'll surely do again. If you haven't joined Twitch ye
What a week! After sleeping for nearly 16 hours, I feel somewhat normal! The Printed world conference in Amsterdam was an absolute blast. I feel so grateful to have met so many wonderfully inspiring creatives. One of my favorite takeaways was the creator panel on burnout. It gave me a new perspect
May is upon us, and in two short weeks I'll be heading off to Amsterdam to meet other incredible creators at the Printed world conference - https://printed-amsterdam.com/. I can't wait! There have been so many inspiring individuals out there that i've learned from and i'm thrilled to spend time wit
I don't know where the time has gone. Quite a bit has happened since the last update! As of January 2025, I am in my workshop full-time. I have been inundated with orders, both fabric sample packs and magnetic PFLAT sheets. I believe we just sold our 200th fabric sample pack this week. I am so thri
Salutations, 3D fabric fans! I've been working away at some pretty massive projects - My apologies I've been delayed in uploading more projects for you all to work on! To welcome October, I've recently uploaded a set of Damask style bones to print, designed by the very talented Lucia Briones, and 3
Greetings and salutations! I've been working away this last month, creating some more in depth video guides and long form content for youtube, explaining more in depth the fabrics, filaments, build sheets, and settings that I use. Head on over to www.youtube.com@kaizen3dprints to check out the late
Since the last update, quite a bit has happened! I am now working with Felicia Day on her FD3D collection on Thangs, creating jewelry and 3D textiles. I launched my own Thangs membership and posted some of my favorite patterns and projects for those interested in 3D Textiles - Some free, and some
What a whirlwind this month has been! I had strong momentum over 4 weeks ago to create guides and get a couple of files uploaded. Enter - Lots of fun but time consuming projects. In addition, I'm now a reseller of the PFLAT sheets that imbue the special effect I love giving so much to my prints. T
Greetings! My name is Daniel Bettencourt, and I'm based out of Portland, Oregon. I've been 3D printing since Dec 22' and I started exploring 3D textiles and fashion in August of 2023. I now have 7 Bambu Labs printers, 1 Elegoo Neptune 4 Max and 1 Peopoly Magneto X arriving in April. Originally, I j
