A few weeks ago, I was planning to visit an artist friend of mine and wanted to bring something laser-made to show off. I settled on some very small, very fine etched-wood versions of some of his recent grayscale artings. Making the art look good on the surface was tricky, and while I had a … Continue reading 10: Tiny Things
Tag: typography
02: 52 Lasers
It's probably a little strange to save this for the second week, but things just worked out that way! At some point during the technical setup for 52 Lasers, I decided that I'd have to put together a logo of some kind; leaving the site's name as a tiny text field just wasn't going to … Continue reading 02: 52 Lasers
01: Christian Baldwin
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