4x4 Mirror Engraving

Made on a Glowforge
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I should have cleaned it up before posting, but I was very excited about completing it. This is a 4x4 mirror engraving I created for a customer. Creating the circle around the image using a cut path and getting my Glowforge to read and cut it was very tricky. I love a good challenge and was able to figure it out.

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Nice result. Is the mirror acrylic or glass?

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Thanks. It’s glass.

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I do acrylic as well; requires a different process.

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Yes, this turned out nicely!

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Nice work; I’ll bet your customer will be happy!

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This turned out great!

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Turned out very nice!

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I’m so impressed with the effect you achieved on a mirrored surface. It’s luminous and captures great detail.

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I was chatting with someone today, about using the laser on the silver (back) side of the mirror, so the engrave would show thru the glass.

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This is really nice, your customer will love it!

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Great work! Another happy customer!

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Thank you.

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Thank you. They were smiling pretty big when they picked it up. :grin:

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Very nice! So how did you do the circle?

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Thank you for your reply. To make the circle, I used the circle tool with no fill and a black outline. I placed it over the image and moved it around until I had the perfect fit. I, then, made a duplicate of the circle and moved it to the side. Then, I selected the entire image with the circle around it. I then went to ‘Object’, ‘Clip’, ‘Set’. Then, I moved the circle I had set aside around the image and grouped it together; saved it as a PNG.

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So what’s the purpose of the second circle?

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The purpose of the second circle is to replace the first one which will vanish after '‘Clip, Set’. The first is just to clip, or cut a circular shape. Test it out on a few things to get the idea.

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Good job! I’m still learning inkscape, so I am really impressed how this came out!

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Thank you. Many from the Glowforge community have sent inquiries about how I created the circle around my image. Well, first you use the circle tool and center it around your image. Copy the circle and paste it to the side; you will need it later. Select your image and the circle, then go to object, clip, set. The first circle vanishes, but leaves a nice cut to insert the second circle. Group everything together and save as a PNG. The Glowforge doesn’t recognize cut paths unless it’s a PNG. Give it a shot and let me know if it worked for you.