Tiny whimsical art

[bledsoelm]

I didn’t plan what I was making. I just grabbed whatever materials struck me as interesting in the moment, and the result makes me absurdly happy. The frame is pastel acrylic with a paint fill. I like to use clear acrylic gel gloss with pigments and glitter rather than straight paint. Getting the masking off of the tiny details was a real chore though.

[kelley1]

What a wonderful object. Things that make you absurdly happy are real treasures. Thanks for the description of how you use your colors.

[dklgood]

Is the gummi bear for scale? Nicely done.

[evansd2]

Is that an actual edible gummi or a glass/plastic bear?

[bledsoelm]

The gummy bear is made of resin. I have a particular fondness for food themed jewelry, so I always have a few lying around the studio.

[grottfam]

Cool piece of artwork!

[marmak3261]

I love gummis. As for removing the small bits of masking, Gorilla tape is the ultimate, unless you engrave without masking and then just use a soft brush to clean. Depends on the depth.

Make Gorilla Tape Sheets -- Best way to remove lots of small bits of masking

I make puzzles – often with a delicate surface covered with masking tape that other methods of masking tape take either too long or destroy the finish to use (peel of each piece, stick pieces to Gorilla tape and peel off, soaking off, rubbing with magic eraser, not using at all…) The best way that I have found to quickly remove all the masking without damaging my final surface is to – while the project is still in the Glowforge – cut Gorilla tape and stick it on to cover the whole sheet of cut …

[bledsoelm]

Thanks, I knew there must be a better way to do it!