This week I’ve been experimenting with 3D scanning! I discovered my local MakerLab at the beginning of 2026, and since then I’ve been learning to […]
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Papercutting, scherenschnitte, kirigami, wycinanki, cardmaking with laser cutter or by hand.
Author Merch: How To Use NFC Stickers On Your Books
I’ve had some very exciting news recently (more to follow soon), but in the meantime I’d like to share something I’ve been playing with recently, […]
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Author Nation Valentine Heart Artwork
I don’t really do Valentine’s Day. But I do love the Author Nation community! So for Valentine’s Day I created and cut an “Author Nation […]
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Filigree Valentine Heart Papercut
This is a hand-cut filigree Valentine heart papercut design I’ve been working on recently, so I can make it easier to fit the names and […]
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Hand-Cut or Laser-Cut? That is the Question!
One of these papercuts is hand-cut, and the other is a lasercut. Which is which? How can you tell?
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AI-Designed Valentine Heart
Brief demo of how I convert an AI-generated image into a design that can be cut out either by hand or by machine (e.g. laser cutter).
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Non-Mushy Valentine Card
For people who don’t like the yucky sentiments of standard Valentine’s Day cards, here is an experimental version of a non-mushy Valentine card. This is […]
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Wedding Heart Woodcut
Recently my mum’s friend got married, so I made a wedding heart woodcut for them. It’s a laser-cut filigree heart, personalised with the name of […]
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Simple Marquetry Flower
Recently I was asked to do a demo for Leeds Marquetry Group (LMG) on how I created marquetry jewellery. So I created a quick video […]
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AI Assisted Artwork #10 Yorkshire Rose Card
AI assisted artwork #10: How I used an AI text-to-image generator to create a Yorkshire Rose card (although DALL-E mis-spelled it!)
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