So I was messing around with cleaning up a little last night and ran across the veneer negatives for the bird inlay on the knife block, and I hate to just toss anything that might be useful, so…
Chuckle! No those are just reflections off the backside of the tape. (It is funny how that looks better than the actual painted purple peacock though…I hadn’t noticed.)
Dammit! That’s given me yet another idea. (i’m going to have to write it down, I’ve got some testing to do first today,and probably the rest of the week.)
I hate getting the most interesting ideas in the middle of doing something less fun.
Just to be clear about what we are looking at… the upper bird is the leftover from what got inserted into the knife block as an inlay, correct? There’s a grey area, but that’s duct tape. The lower bird is where you’ve used the refuse from your inlay pieces as a stencil that was colored with a Sharpie or something?
Note of caution to all before lasering duct tape… Many are made with pvc or vinyl which is on the forbidden cut list and produce gasses you don’t want to be breathing. Too many other options to take the chance if you can’t find out
DOH! I should have replied directly to the question from cynzu about it being forgeable… I forget that these are linked to specific comments. I just saw it and didn’t see anyone else wave the caution flag, so I did lol
Is your new idea to try to cut mother of pearl?! That’s something I’d love to see someone try. I read it’s possible with CO2 laser, but also read it’s tricky (likes to crack)!