Birch plywood flowers

ian.dupzyk · October 19, 2020, 3:56am

I have had my glowforge for a few weeks now and my recent project has been these flowers out of 1/8” birch plywood. So far I have done daffodils and orchids.

gooddog · October 19, 2020, 4:06am

Those are beautiful! You did a great job painting them, and the designs are very cool!

evansd2 · October 19, 2020, 4:15am

What @gooddog said, nice color work.

Your original designs on the flowers?

ian.dupzyk · October 19, 2020, 4:20am

Started with a picture of the flowers, front on, and designed the attachments, yes.

ChristyM · October 19, 2020, 5:10am

Pretty! I’m impressed by the design. It’s not always easy to get laser work to look right in three dimensions. Those daffodils, especially, are .

ovm.steve · October 19, 2020, 5:16am

Super job. Nice design work too. BTW- Welcome to the forum.

geek2nurse · October 19, 2020, 5:18am

These are great, I hope you will do more species!

ian.dupzyk · October 19, 2020, 5:24am

I plan to. The difficulty is finding species that have “relatively” flat petals. Next in line may be hibiscus or lily.

MakerMatthew · October 19, 2020, 8:07am

Nice job. Really great work! There is a lot of opportunity on this space. You could do a lot here.

Of course, a little living hinge built in and the need for “relatively flat” might go away.

cynd11 · October 19, 2020, 10:46am

Gorgeous! Now try a hellebore.

sqw · October 19, 2020, 2:04pm

Those are really cool - I like that they are different to the usual laser cut styles and very 3D

arh2 · October 19, 2020, 2:07pm

The orchid is my favorite. Such a nice paint job too.

ian.dupzyk · October 19, 2020, 4:31pm

I have also thought about deep score marks from the side that would be the back. Not deep enough to cut all the way through but could be glued and bent. Just haven’t found time to play with them yet. Thanks for the suggestion.

eric.hartdegen · October 19, 2020, 9:47pm

Those are fantastic!

strickjamz · October 19, 2020, 11:33pm

These are beautiful. Love it.

jamely · October 20, 2020, 12:54am

Love the orchid coloring, that is such a fun idea!

MakerMatthew · October 20, 2020, 8:27am

Deep score marks! HMM…great idea! One thing the GF never seems to give is more playtime!

ptodd · October 20, 2020, 5:39pm

I’m a big fan of daffodils. Both are lovely though!

ian.dupzyk · October 26, 2020, 12:58am

Following up on this I did some playing around. Deep score marks can be useful in making bends in plywood. Just make sure the outer veneer of plywood has its grain running transverse to the direction of the score marks. The main benefit here is you can make the bend while maintaining a smooth finish on one side. Something that is harder to do with a living hinge.

MakerMatthew · October 26, 2020, 2:31pm

Thanks! This is worth a try!