An experiment for the OpenPress Project + Haus des Papers Rising Print exhibition: an embossed off-center Celtic spiral. I did this using a plate of glued-up laser-cut MDF pieces on a heavyweight Arches paper (probably Rives – I inherited a stack of it and don’t know for sure) using the OpenPress Project’s Postcard Printing Press.
As I went to print this, I discovered that a piece had separated from the finished plate and disappeared into the ambient studio mess. A 30 second power outage caused some kind of disaster for the local Internet provider, leaving me without service for 20 hours. Fortunately, I was able to move the Glowforge to the cellular network to cut a replacement piece, and attach it with CA glue.
The finest bits did not stand up to pressure very well, but the resulting prints are neat. I will be able to design better for a future attempt.
Here is a short of the printing/embossing process.
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