Lasers and the light show

I heard today that Techshop Portland has now received their laser cutter – woo-hoo! It’ll probably be another week or two before they have the first SBU (Safety and Basic Use) class, which I’ll need to take to get access to it… but it’s in sight, and that has me very excited.

One of the reasons I’m so excited: pictured here, a tower of acrylic bracelets that are part of some really special jewelry sets I’ll be unveiling very soon. Continue Reading →

Projects in Progress

The Railway Station at Perpignan - the December page on our Salvador Dali calendar, which has me entranced at the moment.December already?! I can tell that the end of the year is going to be here before I even get the chance to catch my breath.
I spent part of my long weekend sick, so I didn’t get quite as much accomplished as I was hoping to, but I’ve still been a pretty busy polymath. It’s late, so I’m not going to go into too much detail here, but here are some of the projects I’ve got going that you’ll hear more about soon: Continue Reading →

3… 2… 1… Launch!

Balloon Launch - photo by Flickr user mrkvm

It’s official! I posted my first item on my etsy shop this weekend Continue Reading →

Ponoko a-go-go

This week I received my first order back from Ponoko. If you are interested in making things and you haven’t heard of them, you should really check them out – it’s a company based in New Zealand that allows you to upload either a vector graphic file or a photo of something you’ve designed and have it laser-cut and etched into any one of a number of possible materials. Continue Reading →