Wednesday, August 13, 2008

JAM# 1 Report

The first RZjam produced some rubbings and two blocks to get things started. The two blocks are below.
The stopBLOCK is the first of 11 commands. This one has been cut using the router and very basic form plywood using text created in the router’s native software. A starting point for further play!

The engravedBLOCK was made from an Adobe Illustrator vector file supplied by Mal Enright & Barbara Heath. The file was created for another purpose and the strategy used to ‘translate’ it here was to use a V cutter to follow the paths in the file.
Interestingly, at A3, this took the router just over an hour to cut – actually 1 hr 11 mins. It was decided to use MDF board but should it be repeated it will probably be cut into aluminium.

NOTE: All the files still exist and can be repeated in various material or using differing cutting commands etc.

Rubbed images from these blocks are now in the GALLERY Click here to go there
Sample Rubbings [ 1 ] • [ 2 ] • [ 3 ]

A representation of the file supplied by by Mal Enright & Barbara Heath.
Click here to go to the project that vector file relates too
Sample Rubbing Out of Context [ 1 ] • [ 2 ]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

M&B Engraved Zone looks fine Ray, the link works. I'll keep you posted if anyone comments . . .
mal E (and Bh)