- Tools:
- Universal Laser cutter
- Software:
- Kittl.com website
- Inkscape
- Materials: synthetic fabric
- The biggest challenge
- I cut this with too much space surrounding the text. I had to use a hobby knife to trim the rubber to an acceptable border
- What am I most proud of?
- It’s hard to find something I am proud of about this piece. I am proud that I attempted to cut rubber and that I learned some things I will NOT do in the future.
- What would I do differently next time?
- Next time I will use a different font. I’ll also cut it from the material, closer to the text, maybe even outline the text before the cut. I have some ideas about how to make a deeper cut around the text. I might try multiple passes on the laser cutter. I read that you slow the speed of the cutter, the cuts will be deeper. I also wondered if I could create a little added emphasis if I set the depth of the material to be only half of its actual depth and create red “cut lines” around the text. Then I would set the depth correctly to cut it from the material.
I used a hobby knife to cut away the excess that I should have done by machine. Learning opportunity.
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I used acrylic paint to test the stamp. It does work, but not quite as nicely as I had hoped.
