I don’t believe you could get enough pressure from stacking books atop the paper and the negative template. If you make the negative template smaller than 11 inches, you could use a FoodSaver tool that utilizes a vacuum system. I have a YouTube video titled “Make Detailed Paper Embossments Using a FoodSaver” that shows how this is done. Hope this helps.
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Very nice work! Could you cut the snow flakes out of the acrylic and have some nice tree ornaments? Maybe add a hole for hanging?
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Yes, you can make snowflake ornaments using acrylic sheets. You could create an svg file of the snowflake’s outline and any holes that needed to be cut out of the design, including the hole for hanging the piece. If you look at the SHOP portion of this website, go to the HOLIDAY section and search for “snowflake.” You will see four or five examples of acrylic snowflakes made by Glowforge community members. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for this link to “An Atlas for the Blind.” Be fascinating to see how they made the original mold that makes these kind of pages. Presently, heated vacuum presses are used with sheets of plastic-like material to produce images somewhat like those shown in this book.
Below is a contemporary page in a graphics book for visually impaired or blind people. It shows a weather map of the United States and uses braille and other raised symbols to indicate various weather conditions.
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