First Creations! Hellraiser Box, US Map Puzzle, and more

Made on a Glowforge
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I’ve been playing around with my new Glowforge and am loving it

So far, I’ve etched the Flammarion engraving for a friend, created a Katie version of the Lament Configuration from Hellraiser, etched/cut some lightcatchers out of acrylic, and even made a US states puzzle for a couple of friends

The bane of my current existence is figuring out how to set the parameters for the boxes such that everything joins flush, and I want to make complex geometric shapes - but am getting stalled on how to connect them…

it sure is fun to learn, though!

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Awesome job! Welcome to the family!

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But what settings did you use to cut the portal in the box?

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MOAG and not BTM.

What are you using to make your boxes, tabs and slots? Software like the online generators, or are you rolling your own.

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online generator for now - I suck at visualization, so starting there seemed like a good idea

though NOW I’m thinking that I should just make my own

which could also inform my problem with polyhedrons - specifically the joiners

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my deepest delight, of course

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Looks like you are a quick study. These are nice projects.

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Nice, especially the etchings! I’m thinking those would look great on tile, maybe with subtle coloring. You should give it a try.

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I was looking at tiles last night - so cool. I think I’ll pick some up and try.

Can I paint with acrylic? or do I need something oil-based?

K

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You did a great job on the Flammarion - lots of good detail!

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Most people use either Sharpies or oil-based or alcohol-based markers, but you can try anything you like—might be a genius discovery!

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thanks!

I can see how the oil-based products could be better. tiles will be here in a few days, and I’ll get started…

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thanks!

I’m eager to learn about engraving through the masking - which I didn’t think to do with the Flammarion

because I want to make this triptych… it is a piece that has great meaning to both me and my mother who passed in 2018woman and ghost.pdf (1.4 MB)

I’ll be playing with using different acrylic paints as stains today - making some ornaments and such…

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Really great projects! Welcome to the GF Family!

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I picked up a couple of boxes of plain white porcelain tiles at Home Depot. Cheap cheap; something like 10-15 cents/tile.

I’ve used acrylic paint pens and regular acrylic paints. Then seal with ModPodge (or whatever it is called). In the future, I might try sealing with a pour on epoxy of some sort.

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I am sorry to hear about your mother. Making a triptych has been on my list of things to do from day 1, just haven’t gotten to it yet oddly enough. Show us when you’ve got it done!

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I especially like the US map puzzle and the stars. Very nice!

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thanks!

The stars were prototypes for ornaments :slight_smile:

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