Cut Plywood Relief Sculptures Embedded with Mandalas and Geometric Patterns – Gabriel Schama
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Cut Plywood Relief Sculptures Embedded with Mandalas and Geometric Patterns – Gabriel Schama

Here’s a few recent works by Oakland artist Gabriel Schama (previously here and here) who designs elaborately layered wood relief sculptures with the help of a laser cutter. The pieces are cut from a variety of different plywoods which he layers to create varying images of the human form, architectural studies, and mandala-like patterns. You…

The Amazing Visible City exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers
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The Amazing Visible City exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers

Species of Space : The Amazing Visible City2 – 9 April 2016Time: 10am – 6pm each day excluding the 3 and 4 of April Price: Free Robert Powell – Species of Space In partnership with Edinburgh Science Festival, for one week only, exhibiting artist Robert Powell will take up residency in Gallery 2 of Edinburgh Printmakers…

Laser engraved letters – wooden dice
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Laser engraved letters – wooden dice

These are a fun product and a simple idea.  The idea is you shake the 6 dice (dice or die? I can never remember!) in the jar and one of apparently 186,000 combinations of food ingredients are presented.  Not an actual recipe, so I’d be a bit hopeless with this.  But for a foodie who’s…

Laser Cut Wooden Posters
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Laser Cut Wooden Posters

These are some very fine looking examples of laser engraved wood by Spacewolf.  Beautiful and intricately-detailed wooden posters for the likes of Game of Thrones, Alien and Dune. Made from gorgeous cherry hardwood, the posters are 11.5″ wide, 17.5″ tall, and 3/4″ thick.  Each one is cut, sanded  and oiled before the image is burned into it with a…

Chemistry
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Chemistry

Ideal for your chemistry teacher as a leaving present from school.  Or maybe to give to a keen chemist?  Or just someone who’s a bit geeky! These are called quite simply “chemistry beaker earrings” which is, you know, pretty descriptive.  From Etsy seller Laser Addiction, they’re laser cut and engraved from fluorescent orange acrylic.

Taiwan’s ITRI Unveils the Most Inexpensive Metal 3D Printer
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Taiwan’s ITRI Unveils the Most Inexpensive Metal 3D Printer

Does $325,000 sound cheap to you?  Maybe not, but in the world of 3D printing metals, that is cheap.  Today.  It may well not be tomorrow in the ultra competitive 3D printing market. Do you geek out on 3D printing technical terms?  How about these: Binder Jetting (BJ) Material Jetting (MJ) Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)…