The Aurora Public Library is getting ready to move from it's long time home in the Carnegie-sponsored library building to a new and modern structure, the Richard and Gina Santori Public Library of Aurora. The new library should be completed early in 2015 and marks the new era of library service in Aurora. While it's exciting … Continue reading 40: Commemorative Book Stack Marker
I was thrilled when Brenn commissioned something I hadn't done before: acrylic labels for a Nintendo Wavebird controller. I'm a huge fan of the Super Smash Bros. series of games and have three well-worn Wavebirds of my own, but in this case I would be making a name label for Alex, or "Killer Noodle 2." … Continue reading 37: Controller Tags
This week I decided to give 3D etching another shot. I have just once before played around with the 3D settings available on our laser, but I haven't really explored the process until now. Normally, the laser interprets shades of grey by preparing a halftone map and etching that at whatever singular power I have … Continue reading 08: 3D Etching
I cut my laser teeth on baby names. For my great nephew Anthony, the word TOOTIE was carved out of some oak ply. A large stroke of unetched material held the letters together, and the resulting block of text is sturdy enough to stand on its own. The second nameplate was for Ella Lyn Baldwin, … Continue reading 01: Christian Baldwin
