The silly unicorn is Wei's and my starting point. It was a funny thing we both wanted to cut, but we are hoping to incorporate imagery of things that are meaningful to us as well, in a collaborative collage project.
I am also adding this image:
I went along with a theme of humor and silliness, and narwhals have both of these things! I also like how nonsensical narwhals and unicorns are. It is also personal, because I am fascinated by animals and their scientific documentation in field guides. I am curious what will come out of our collage.
UPDATE:
Here is the final piece! We liked the colorful wood since it went well with our playful theme. Our images are lined up in an orderly row showing what is important to us. We ran the laser cutter twice to ensure that the full image engraved. Now that I feel empowered to do more with the laser cutter, I can't wait to get back into the Thingspace to make more! The possibilities really seem endless.
I like your piece and your idea. It's cute and related to your personal thoughts. I also felt laser cutter is fun but need to test it at first. I etching two different piece. One for testing and the other one is final piece.
ReplyDeleteThe animal selection presents their unique feature: the big horn! Some good stories can come out of them. The color on the wood is so random but fun. For the cutting, The figures look very clear to me. I think it is a good idea to engrave the image twice to allow the cuts go deeper.
ReplyDeleteKatherine, when I saw your laser cut in person it came out really well! I loved how you could see the pixels from the image you found on line. It gave it a unique texture. It could be interesting to investigate this further and do it on purpose and see what happens.
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