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Freshly Cut – Stencil for Behrens Group
Brian of Behrens Group was commissioned by Make Animals and Opus Solutions to make some ”road cases” as part of Intel’s Rock Legend program. He was on a deadline so there wasn’t time to shop for materials; we used some 1/8” acrylic I had on hand. The … Continue reading
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Etched iPad for Apparent Systems. They’re rolling out a bunch of these pre-loaded with a test version of their latest app. The etching was pretty straightforward. I used my old iPhone as a material sample to get the settings right. … Continue reading
Time-lapse video of paper-cutting genius Rob Ryan and crew at work. (via)
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A custom card to congratulate the launch of my friend’s Mac Twitter client Hibari. Give the free trial a whirl and keep the tweet firehose under control. Cut out of Sorbet duplex watermelon/kiwi.
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Freshly Cut – Little Floridas for cevd
Cut from Arturo in Grey Christine’s studio cevd designs beautiful custom invitations. These little Florida cut-outs will become part of an invite. The cotton Arturo paper was a dream to cut. There was virtually no odor or surface discoloration from … Continue reading
Determining what to bridge
Here are three quick ways to determine what portions of your design need bridging. In Illustrator: Select All Object -> Compound Path -> Release This converts all of the closed paths of your design into their own objects. Now we … Continue reading
Common bridge problems
One of the critical pieces of making a design work in the physical work is paying attention to bridges — paths that cross gaps in your design to hold it together. A potential client is working on a gatefold envelopment … Continue reading
Freshly Cut – Amanda & Nate’s Wedding Invitations
Cut from Paper Source in White and Stardream in Rose Quartz with coordinating 5 3/4” square envelope. Ink-free etched text. My brother-in-law Nate was recently married to his high school sweetheart Amanda and I was delighted to design their wedding invitations. A … Continue reading
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Freshly Cut – Business cards for Mod My LLC
Cut from Mohawk Beckett Cambric in Blazer Blue/White. Stitch-effect edge and rounded corners. ModMyi is an Apple news site with community forums and downloads. Kyle contacted me about creating cards to bring to the upcoming Apple developer conference in San … Continue reading