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XOXO 2019 Origamic Architecture / Kirigami Pop Up Card

Stacked origamic architecture style XOXO popup card designed for the 2019 XOXO festival.

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Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag

Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag (open)

I thought a simple dice bag styled after a Japanese azuma bukuro bento/market bag would be fun.  The fabric is 100% cotton sateen, custom-printed with one of my Celtic key pattern designs.  I cut the fabric on the laser using the new vacuum tray, which was great for the precision.

Azuma bukuro dice bag
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag (open)
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag (open)
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag (interior)
Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag (interior)

Jack-O-Lantern 2023

Two semi-realistic 3D CGI jack-o-lanterns sitting on a brick wall.

Jack-o-lantern 3D modeled in Nomad Sculpt with panning and flickering candle animations done in Blender.

Two semi-realistic 3D CGI jack-o-lanterns sitting on a brick wall.

Laser Dye Removal Skull Shirt

Pale grey skull bleached out of a white background.

Some time ago, I took a photo of a skull set into a wall in the catacombs under Paris. In this underground ossuary are interred many forgotten French soldiers and plague victims, their identities lost to time.

With some adjustments, I was able to get it suitable for laser engraving.

I wanted to try a technique Jennifer Huber shared on the Glowforge forum recently.

I treated a T-shirt with heat-activated dye discharge paste.

After it dried, I used a tray replacement developed by Bailey Heyman to load it in the laser so I could engrave the design to activate the dye discharge paste.

Washing the paste out took some work. I used synthrapol, a specialized detergent that keeps dye from re-depositing on textiles. It took about a dozen rinse cycles to get it clean.

The lighter-colored stripe is likely an artifact from the Glowforge UI resizing the image when I exported at 72 instead of 96 DPI.

Green Pouch

A small fantasy/Medieval belt pouch. The main body is cotton fabric printed with interlocking Celtic spirals in various shades of green. The front, bottom, back and flap are medium brown faux/vegan leather. The flap is decorated with black spirals and, there is a black spiral triskelion on the front below the flap.

I printed some of the Celtic spirals fabric in green and, used it with the brown faux/vegan leather to make another pouch.

A small fantasy/Medieval belt pouch. The main body is cotton fabric printed with interlocking Celtic spirals in various shades of green. The front, bottom, back and flap are medium brown faux/vegan leather. The flap is decorated with black spirals and, there is a black spiral triskelion on the front below the flap.
Green Spirals Dice Pouch (Open)
A small fantasy/Medieval belt pouch. The main body is cotton fabric printed with interlocking Celtic spirals in various shades of green. The front, bottom, back and flap are medium brown faux/vegan leather. The flap is decorated with black spirals and, there is a black spiral triskelion on the front below the flap.
Green Spirals Dice Pouch
A small fantasy/Medieval belt pouch. The main body is cotton fabric printed with interlocking Celtic spirals in various shades of green. The front, bottom, back and flap are medium brown faux/vegan leather. The flap is decorated with black spirals and, there is a black spiral triskelion on the front below the flap.
Green Spirals Dice Pouch (front)
A small fantasy/Medieval belt pouch. The main body is cotton fabric printed with interlocking Celtic spirals in various shades of green. The front, bottom, back and flap are medium brown faux/vegan leather. The flap is open, showing a green braided kumihimo drawstring with brass aglets and a brass magnetic closure.
Green Spirals Dice Pouch (Open)
A small fantasy/Medieval belt pouch. The main body is cotton fabric printed with interlocking Celtic spirals in various shades of green. The back has slits to accommodate a belt.
Green Spirals Dice Pouch (Back)