2020 Ornaments

[mobry]

I made a couple ornaments this year inspired by great projects posted by other members of the Glowforge community. I really liked this three layer ornament from Halloween, so I adapted the idea for winter:

Two layers of 1/8 baltic birch, and the middle is 1/16 acrylic from estreetplastics. If you look really closely the snowman has a mask (and some of the “snowflakes” are actually CoV-2!). I didn’t use glue, they are joined with snapping pegs that go through the three layers. Colored with stain & marker.

These state outlines were also inspired by similar ornaments I saw here, although I can’t find the post at the moment:

The last one isn’t an ornament - it’s a small hinged box adapted from boxes.py for a kikkerland music box.

[deirdrebeth]

Those are lovely! The state ones really caught my eye - but all the tiny details in the layered snlowglobes really take them to the next level (heh, punny)

[arh2]

Love what you did with your ornaments. The snapping pegs are intriguing!

[cynd11]

Oh, those ornaments are really fine.

[mobry]

If you are interested in the pegs, I included a sample in last year’s ornament. I had to adjust the length/width a bit for this design since it was thinner, but the idea is the same.

If the design can tolerate them, I like them much more than glue. They make alignment a snap (ha!), and fixed the issues I’ve had in previous years with the layers coming apart.

Or maybe I’m just bad at gluing, who knows.

[arh2]

Thanks! I’m bad at gluing too… I see I liked the look of them last year too. I really have to use them at least once, and then I know I’ll use them more.