#lasercut
I try to have a fun project on hand constantly, something I can do to warm up my creative brain before a studio workday. Recently I’ve been painting patterns on this #lasercut wooden snake, kind of like a #tinydoodles project changed shape. I want to do more projects like this, and I think animal silhouettes really lend themselves well to this process. Maybe a bird next?
#handpainted #snakemedicine #patterns #creativewarmup #makersgonnamake #freelanceartist
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I picked up more #radiantacrylic so I’ll be restocking #monstera leaves earrings and necklaces soon. Here’s one on an actual monstera leaf at @tillerystplantco!
#lasercutjewelry #plantsmakepeoplehappy #tropicalleaves #lasercut
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A few months ago I cut out a couple more of these wooden snakes and waited to have time to play with them. Of course, that time never appears when you are self employed, so I made myself take 15 minute breaks during a busy day and do a little doodling for fun between finishing other jobs. Black craft acrylic and @poscagallery paint pens.
#lasercut #handpainted #snake # #thepaintedmenagarie #tinydoodles #doodles #floralsnake
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Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, in laser cut acrylic form. I made this a few months ago and kept it on my desk as a reminder to take a break and go see this installation at @blantonmuseum already. I finally did yesterday on impulse, between deliveries to stockists. As a compulsive overworker and introvert, I tend to not go out and see art as much as I know I need to. Art cannot exist in a vacuum, and you need to soak up all the inspiration you can in order to have that creative spark in your life. I’m so glad I finally made it yesterday to sit silently staring at the colorful windows. Swipe through for a few photos I took.
#katiegetsinspired #lasercut #handpainted #EllsworthKelly #Austin #art #inspiration #rainbow #colorful
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Fibonacci spiral keychain I made for @jomauartwork, photographed casting a shadow on a rainbow. The concept for these is that you can carry it around and see the golden ratio overlay in real life.
#lasercut #laseretched #keychain #goldenratio #Fibonacci #spiral #math
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New earring design! Gothic Cathedral Windows in birch coming soon to some of my stockists. I think I’ll do some in black acrylic too. DM if you need a pair now!
#lasercutjewelry #laseretched #lasercut #gothic #cathedral #gothjewelry #witchyjewelry #makersgonnamake
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New #lasercut and #handpainted piece for a cat themed art show at Counter Culture! This is one of the brightest pieces I’ve ever made. Swipe for details, including subtle tone-on-tone background flowers.
#tinydoodles #thepaintedmenagarie #cat #catart #catsofinstagram
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New mini feather earring prototypes that I wore all weekend to test out. I have an idea for a “paint your own wooden jewelry” class that I’d love to teach, so I’ve been trying to narrow down designs that would work well.
#lasercutjewelry #handpainted #featherearrings #lasercut
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Today I’m lasering robots because that’s my job and it’s so freaking cool.
@ponytrapmusic
#laseretched #lasercut #timelapse #behindthescenes
It’s settled: I’m in love with my wood router. Here are the chronicles of the simple/fancy router table I designed for it.
At heart, a router table is just a thing you use to mount your router upside down, so let’s be real: the only component that actually matters here is a copy of your baseplate pattern on a piece of plywood, which you can just trace if you want something quick. Unfortunately, I am a fancy lady and wanted a couple of extra bells and whistles for convenience.
(You could do everything here using only a router if you wanted, but I used a lasercutter for most of it since I happen to have cheap access to one.)
I started by measuring my horrifically proprietary baseplate, which had some truly annoying offsets (this is a problem common to all router baseplates). Like, why differ the spacing of the top and bottom pairs of screws by only 2mm? clearly so that people will throw up their hands and buy your mounting hardware out of sheer frustration
I didn’t want to buy an entire box of metric screws just to get the four measly M4 screws I needed for mounting. Fortunately, a friend saved me by “finding” some at work.
I futzed around on a 12x24 area in Illustrator to make the template. I only wanted the table to be about 16″ long for portability, so I used the remaining area for a fence and an ergonomic push stick (AHEM NOT A SEX TOY).
Afence is a straight guide for feeding material into the router at a particular offset. Again, you could just get away with clamping on any old straightedge, but I don’t like carrying around extra clamps for contingencies; those things are heckin’ heavy. So I picked up two ¼-20 hex bolts and wingnuts, ran slots down the length of the table to make it super easy to adjust, and decided to etch ruler marks into the sides of the table to make it easier to eyeball whether the alignment was roughly even. The center slot doesn’t actually have a purpose right now; I just figured it would come in handy at some point in the future, maybe for circle cutting.
I then lasercut the DXF from a 1/2″ thick piece of nice birch craft plywood (again, I’m a fancy lady; you could just use whatever sturdy plywood you have lying around). Note that in the final design I decided to make the board a little narrower and cut it entirely self-contained within the plywood, as opposed to just making one straight cut across. This is to ensure that the edges are squared, which is rather useful.
The screws need to sit flush with the top of the table, so I countersunk the mounting holes. It was fortunate that I did this on a test piece, because the 5-flute countersink bit I had on hand was terrible and made a countersink like a toddler had tried to chisel it with a screwdriver.
I highly recommend everyone just throw out their shitty many-fluted countersink bits right now and replace them with a cross-hole (or “zero flute”) countersink, because damn do those things cut flawlessly.
After using the adjustable fence for a bit, I decided to plunge route 7/16″ recesses into the backs of the 1/4″ slots. This has the dual benefit of (a) holding the hex heads so that you don’t need to have a wrench on hand, and (b) letting the heads sit flush with the underside of the table, so the fence can sit anywhere over the surface you’re clamped to.
All done! The final touch is a dust port on top of the fence that a shopvac can plug into, to keep your lungs clear :)
Materials ($10-20)
- 1/2″ thick plywood, 12″x24″
- (2x) ¼-20 hex bolts 1-1/4″L + wingnuts
- (4x) 20mm M4 countersunk screws (router dependent)
- dust port (~$10)
Tools used
- router (obviously) with plunge base and fence
- digital calipers
- lasercutter (optional; can do everything with router)
- bar clamps
- 7/16″ router straight bit
- countersink bit
- any workbench
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@sarlise #suiix band wear @therushinghour sample #lasercut jacket tonight rocking @tropfest tonight! If you haven’t heard SUIIX music, check them out on @spotify !! #fashion #music #beauty #tropfest #shirtfilm #picnic #livemusic #valentine #smartwoman #beauty #blue #blackandwhite #live #music #gig #concert #outdoor #confident #sunday
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Jac our CD wearing @therushinghour - New site is almost ready! pants by @gormanclothing thank you @foraggiophotographic @sayo_prada for the photos #terrarium #fashion #instagood #interiorstyle #interior #instadaily #minigarden #totoro #handmade #design #bespoke #makegoodart #thankful #stylist #ootd #minigarden #blogger #fashionista #lasercut #whywhiteworks #life
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Baker Bunneh DIY house kits are back! Is his house blue, pink, polka dot, on fire? It’s all up to you!
Each kit is laser cut and engraved on birch plywood. I’ve included one I painted last year!
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Hi Bunnehs! Special Holiday Shop Update! So happy I was able to do some more special ornaments/holiday items this year, they are up in my shop at heathersketcheroos/shop.com ! I will be closing/sending out last orders on the 20th!
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Cut lines for the Dawnbreaker are done. Did this on twitch. Hopefully I can get used to streaming cause I want to do more. Vectors aren’t the most exciting thing to show :P #Skyrim #lasercut
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Our chibi glass dagger is up for sale! Check it out at our shop! Link in profile. #Skyrim #acrylic #charm #lasercut
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My 3D printer was making noise through the floorboards, which wasn’t loud but was still annoying. I’d seen people use tennis balls for reducing the transfer of vibrations between surfaces, so I came up with an idea of placing my 3D printer on a shelf and using lasercut pieces to hold tennis balls in place for the shelf to balance on.
Attempt one was a failure, as I’d measured the diameter of the tennis balls but forgot and used the measurement as the radius instead! Those are now being used as miniature tables…
The photos show the second and successful attempt. There’s no glue - the pieces hold together with a compression fit. And would you believe it - these actually work! There’s a lot less vibration coming through and thus the vibration noise is much quieter than it was before. There’s still a bit of noise from the motors and fans but it’s much better than it was before.
A couple days left for my wood pin Kickstarter! Over 100% funded ☺️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1702153739/artistic-wooden-animal-brooch-pins #kickstarter #kickstartercampaign #pins #enamelpins #woodpins #etsyshop #cuteart #kawaii #kawaiianimals #animalpins #illustration_best #artistsoninstagram #bird #woodpin #woodcarving #lasercutting #laserengraving #lasercut #coolitems #coolart #supportart
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