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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 078

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Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 078

Day 78 of my papercutting adventure (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

Weirdly, I think I might be reaching a stage where I’ve come to a bit of a compromise with the perfectionist in me. The image below looks OK to me…

…but then close-up I can see all of the flaws in the cuts (that I couldn’t even see with my magnifying glasses when I was actually working on it!) But the perfectionist in me is now getting a tiny bit less uptight, so although the annoying imperfections do still leap out at me straight away, there is also a little part of me that goes “Hey! Nice leaves at the bottom!”, instead of “Oh no – the entire thing is a total mess.”

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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 077

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 077

Day 77 of my papercutting adventure (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

Ha – I should have cut this one out last week for my birthday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 075

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 075

Day 75 – I’m three quarters of the way through my papercutting adventure! (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

 

Not many mistakes on this one, and I like the swirly Art Nouveau-type design:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Laser-cut Personalised Jewellery Holders

Laser-Cut Jewellery Holder

Here is something I’ve been playing with this week – the design of a laser-cut jewellery holder.

I made one for my mum last Christmas…

As you can see, it can hold lots of different types of jewellery (rings, necklaces, bracelets, watches, earrings). However, it still needs some tweaks.

What I like about it is:

  • As mentioned above, it can hold nearly all types of jewellery. The only exceptions I can think of at the moment are hat pins, scarf pins or brooches.
  • You can see all of the jewellery in one place. It’s not in a drawer or box, so you get to enjoy your favourite pieces like mini artworks.
  • It’s personalised and therefore unique.
  • It’s versatile, so (e.g.) the same horizontal bar can take either hook-type earrings or post-type earrings, and the vertical side bits can hold either rings or bracelets or watches.

Things to improve on the design:

  • Create a way to hang it so that it is held away from the wall, to make it easier to hang earrings.
  • Have a way to store brooches and pin-type jewellery (e.g. a tray at the bottom)

As a very basic version though, this is the design that I used:

If you’ve got a laser cutter and you’d like to have a play with this design yourself, I’ve made a vector file available below.

(Click here for basic jewellery holder design for lasercutting)

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922 Decorative Vector Ornaments: Papercut 072

Decorative Vector Ornaments: Paper cut 072

Day 72 of my papercutting adventure (using the “922 Decorative Vector Ornaments” book, in preparation for incorporating them in future papercuts that are made by laser and also by hand.)

Close-up views don’t really do papercuts any favours, because you can see all of the tiny fibres in the paper that stick out, let alone the cuts that have been made as part of the process.