Monoline Text for Laser Cutting
If you've been working with text on your laser cutter, cnc, or vinyl plotter you've probably struggled with HOW to actually cut the text in the simplest, most effective way.…
Pressure Fit Designs
I've wanted to try some pressure fit acrylic designs for a while now. I drew up a variety of leaf designs and bought two different colors of acrylic to give…
Cabochon Board and Stone Setting
I've been making a lot of earrings lately, and so I decided I wanted to try my hand at setting some stones in the engraved areas of my designs. This…
Fine-tuning the Resin Flood
This post touches on some improvements to my resin fill method. I also test a second type of resin fill where I just fill/flood and engrave. Let's start there. For…
Resin Flood Coasters
Here is the second installment of my resin and lasercut experiments. This post will explore a few different ways of adding resin to the lasercut designs themselves. At the end…
Thick Acrylic on the Glowforge
I've been getting a little more comfortable with my Glowforge, but in this case I decided to go big or go home and try and push the limits of what…
Lasercut & Resin
So I've decided to buy a Glowforge. In an effort to start prepping for all my laser adventures I ordered some sample designs in walnut from Ponoko - a laser…
Resin Petri Dishes
I've been working on a project and in the process have been experimenting with resin and alcohol ink. Over this past week I've been casting resin in both molds and…
Kimmi Cookbook
A recent project has given me the opportunity to get back into some book binding. As a gift for friend I put together a cookbook of recipes gathered from friends…
Hive Mind
I've gotten back into the groove of entering work into shows. I often like to check out the calls for entry and create work tailored to the call. I think…