Lasering Cactus Leather
Trying out cutting, engraving, painting and stitching cactus leather with a simple card case mini-project.
Continue readingWalnut Scouting Fleur-de-lis Pins
Scouting logo fleur-de-lis pins made with the scraps from the challenge coin project.
Continue readingCailyn’s Challenge Coins
I made these walnut “challenge coins” for my niece to hand out at her Eagle Scout Court of Honor.
Continue readingCeltic Key Square Wood Inlay Pins
Celtic key pattern pins made from maple hardwood inlaid with walnut.
Continue readingAcrylic Art Pen Caddy
I made a custom laser-cut clear acrylic caddy for set of art markers.
Continue readingSnow Elf Manor Pop Up Card
A stately origamic architecture / kirigami pop up manor for snow elves, sent for the 2021 winter holidays.
Continue readingDrawstring Key Bag
This scrap (faux) leather bag with a Celtic key theme is an initial exploration of a technique for using small scraps of leather or similar material leftover from other projects. I thought the tiles would be fun with a minimal Celtic key pattern motif in the center of each, then leaned into the theme with a circular key pattern ring on the bottom and, some 3D printed key, sculpted in Nomad Sculpt.
The SVG for the “leather locker” tile is linked below. You will likely want to adjust the slot height to match the thick ness of the material you are using. Let me know if you use it to make anything interesting!
This file is for personal, non-commercial use only. Note that, by referencing these, you are agreeing to release any variations you create under identical terms.
Celtic Knots in 3D
I came up with a fairly simple workflow for creating 3D models of Celtic knots, used those to create depth maps and, used the depth maps to do 3D carvings on a laser (Glowforge) and a desktop CNC machine (Nomad 883).
Continue readingCeltic Spirals Bookmarks
This kirigami Celtic spirals bookmark is a variant of the pattern I used for embossing the purple velvet for the last dice bag. The gold and the smoke blue ribbon both look really good with the ice gold stock.
Slotted Dice Reliquary
Dice reliquaries from laser-cut hardwood ply.
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