Azuma Bukuro Dice Bag

    Andrew Crawford November 17, 2023

    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)

    Violet Box

    Andrew Crawford November 13, 2023

    New packaging/gift box design! This violet card stock has a wonderful velvety feel and, engraves to a beautiful contrast.

    Violet Box
    Violet Box
    Violet Box (bottom)
    Violet Box (bottom)

    Jack-O-Lantern 2023

    Andrew Crawford October 31, 2023

    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

    Andrew Crawford October 30, 2023

    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

    Andrew Crawford October 24, 2023

    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)

    Pouch Prototype

    Andrew Crawford September 14, 2023

    I made this small dice pouch prototype using fabric I had printed with a variant of one of my Celtic spirals designs.  The rest of the body is made from a faux/vegan leather.  I used my Celtic spirals triskelion and some new derivatives for the front and flap.  The drawstring is a commercial braided kumihimo cord and, the front flap has a magnetic clasp.

    This took several passes to get the design right but, after that, the final prototype came together very quickly.

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