After finally sorting out the software to design the flowers, I started and completed the laser cutting of the acrylic sheet at Deer Park School in Cirencester today. The staff were very friendly and helpful and were good tutors in mastering the use of this machinery. It essentially works as sort of printer, the line drawn is produced by intense heat from a laser that cuts the acrylic and leaves it with a perfect edge with no need for sanding and finishing. As the shapes came out of the machine I polished them to remove any little marks that had appeared. The shapes are now all ready for bending and adapting after being heated in the oven to 165 degrees. The metal is all ready for picking up tomorrow. Things are really taking good shape now! Very exciting.
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Really interesting sculpture. The mix of green and aluminium is strangely compelling.
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