// THE STARTING LAYER
Back in October 2025, I was starting to feel quite lonely. In a bid to change things, I decided to do something I never dreamt I’d ever do: I reached out to the missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Right from the off, I felt completely relaxed and at home.
A few weeks went by, and I started bringing along some prototypes of 3D prints I’d been messing about with. Don’t get me wrong—I hadn’t designed a single one of them. They were just free files I’d found on sites like MakerWorld and Thingiverse while trying to figure out the hobby.
After a few months of settling in, I was talking to the Bishop. He mentioned that his 9-year-old daughter, Lucy, usually picks up something small each week. Hearing that, I really wanted to do something nice for her.
I loaded up the slicer and made her a “Magic Name” print—an optical illusion where if you look at it from one angle, it spells out “Lucy,” but if you turn it another way, her surname appears.
Her instant reaction to the print blew me away, but what her mum told me next is something that will stay with me forever.
Awww that’s fantastic! She’s just been telling her cousin that there’s an amazing man at church who does 3D printing.
// THE LIGHTBULB MOMENT
It absolutely lit my face up like I’d just won the EuroMillions. You see, back then, Lucy didn’t actually know my real name. That title was just pure, unfiltered, and the best way an excited kid knew how to convey what she thought of me and the things coming off my build plate. I would never call myself amazing, but to her, the prints were magic.
A few weeks later, Lucy’s aunt, Deanna, came walking right up to me. Honestly, I thought I was in trouble! Instead, she told me straight that I needed to set up a website and incorporate that exact quote.
I already had a website online, but right then, a lightbulb went off. I started mapping out how to fuse Deanna’s idea into reality. The formula was right there in front of me:
And that’s the whole honest truth of how the name was born. (And yes, in case you were wondering, Lucy definitely knows my real name now!)