I'm not a huge fan of New Year's Resolutions - sometimes I can be too much of a perfectionist to have it work in my favor. Instead, I come up with a one word affirmation for the new year ahead. I know it sounds a little hippy dippy, but a one word affirmation is designed … Continue reading 104: One Word Affirmation
This week I had a challenge that I've been dreading for a while now: recreating a greyscale image on a wood surface. While engraving a black and white design results in impressive, high-contrast finished pieces, any images with a wide variety of values can end up looking muddy if you don't properly determine how the … Continue reading 103: Halftoning Wood
One of the projects I've been working on this week involves some pieces of wood that are far bigger than my laser bed allows. While I'm not finished with the project yet, I thought I'd take a moment to talk about the front door on my VLS 4.60 laser and a fairly simple trick to … Continue reading 98: Breaking the Interlock
A few weeks ago, during Week 92: Laser Cut Appliques to be exact, I came across the intriguing fact on the Heat N Bond website that it works to adhere fabric to wood. Cue wheels spinning! Most of my jewelry design is done in silhouette, without a lot of detail other than in the outline. This … Continue reading 95: Fabric Covered Wood
