For this project I really want to use acrylics and since there needs to be light I’m really excited to try to LED lit side of acrylic type thing. I have made a design that will have three layers each with their own color. Which color is depicted in my inkscape drawings may not be…
Final Layers Project
I finished the cuts last night and painted them, I ended up painting the parts of the dolphins that were below water light blue so you could tell they were underwater, and made the frame a blue shade as well since the natural wood color was super distracting from the dolphins.
Lantern Design – Jakob Sperry
I want to make a Ping Pong ball light display that will fade in and out and flutter different colored lights. I plan to use spherical packing and make a hexagonal base that will hold an LED strip with individually controllable LED’s. I am still deciding how big to make it and how to mount…
Layers Project – Jakob Sperry
For the second version of this project, I made a more organic and fluid design. I still plan to work on the project more to add an aspect of depth. I want to stain the wood with more coats lower down so it fads to a darker shade of wood at the bottom to a…
Layers Design
For the layers project, i decided to take a really abstract take on the project. I began by searching for a clear material that I could cut or engrave with color. Then I created an abstract drawing on several different layers which i would like to physically print out each layer and glue them together…
Layers Project – Amanda Smith
I decided to stick with the colorful design, but I rearranged the layers so that it more resembled a thermal image spectrum and took out a layer to simplify it just a bit. The paper is a bit thin, and so there was some wrinkling when putting them together. An Elmer’s glue stick was all…
Lantern Design
For this project I was really inspired by the more traditional lantern/ boxes we looked at and after thr organic design of my last project I wanted to do soemthing more geometric. My plan is to have the mountians wrap around the entire piece instead of each panel looking like its own design. The top…
sameer: final layers project
After many Inkscape and Retina Engrave issues I decided to go back to my original design. I made an acrylic version, but I liked the wood better. The piece is about 4×4 inches and is 4 layers.
Layers Project – Vanshika
Adjustments from test cuts and progress post decided to paint the middle layer added LED stand during the critique, it was suggested to try and add lines to enhance the constellations. I tried to laser that layer with the lines on it but I did not like the way it looked because it did not…
Layers First Cuts ish
I was having issues downloading my svg files onto the computer and connecting with the laser, which unfortunately cut into a lot of my time today. I got the first two cuts done out of 5 (the backing and the first set of waves); the next reservation I could get was Saturday night so hopefully…
Layers Project Final
Here it is! Alice is finally complete after lots of painting and cleaning up. I am not entirely happy with this piece, but I a pleased with the risks I took and how I worked around issues. If I would do this project over, I would’ve worked more with the accuracy of my sizing and…
First Cuts
Here is a long overdue post on my first laser cuts in the Makerspace. Right before my laser cutting training, I unfortunately was identified as a close contact and went home to quarantine. Just this week I have been able to start laser cutting. I am very pleased with how my monstera engraving came out….
Layers Project – Imogen Barnes
This is the final version of my piece! I had a basic colour palette picked out of pinks and blues, and I decided as I went along which colour I thought would look good for each layer. I attached pictures of almost every later before I tapes them all together into the final piece. Working…
Alexander Breiling Layers Project
I ended up finishing my project and I’m relatively happy with how it turned out. I had a little bit of trouble with sticking the two acrylic layers together so it’s a little bit messier than I’d like but I’m over all satisfied. The wood layers are put together with wood glue and the acrylic-acrylic…
Iris Morin: Layer Project
Here is my final design of my layers project, where each color represents one layer to be stacked from darkest blue to the tan wood color representing the land. UPDATE: 4/10/21 I believe I have finished! Its 5 layers, 4 gradient blue water layers and the sealed natural wood land layer! Here are the five…
Layers Project – The Beast
Greetings, it’s me again. As I mentioned in the last post, due to some problems I could not attempt to use 6 different types of wood for the project. However, I still have my cuts by 2 different types of woods, so at first, I managed to assemble all the pieces together using the different…
Shane: Layers Project
Layers Cut post: I will be using acrylic paint for this entire project. I am thinking about different colors and possibly a sunset theme. What colors could I paint the mountain, sky, and clouds?
sameer: layer piece progress
I am going to add some more texturing to each layer with raster engraved lines, but I had some issues with Inkscape and Retina Engrave and so I wasn’t able to get my 2nd draft for class today. I added the lines with a fill pattern in Inkscape. When I load the design into Retina…
Layers Project
Since last time, I have attempted cutting out the koi pieces for my piece. I used the pink cardstock underneath the veneer layer and used the magnets to hold the veneer and paper down. Unfortunately, I still had pieces fly away and disappear in the laser cutter. I am going to look into getting masking…
Layer Cuts – Update
(It took me a while to get my account back so I’m sorry for the late update) I finnished my Illustrator vectors (it was a pain, to be honest, to draw the horns) and ready to have my laser cutting. This is not my first laser cuts for the project : It’s my third attemp….
Layers Project FINISHED | Kat Valery
(This post will be updated at the end when the final piece is finished) Over the weekend (April 10-11 2021) I was able to finish the final model for, and sliced version of the astronaut statue. The model had some issues during import, creating holes in the model where it should have been solid. After…
Layers Project Final Piece – Emily
(4/12/21) As of right now, for my initial design the only thing I need to do is add the top layer over the raindrops to case it in. I planned to do this by using scrap pieces of wood from previous cuts and hot gluing them between the base layer and top layer. However, the…