I’ve been in New Zealand for the past couple weeks for my honeymoon, and I’ve seen a disproportionate number of laser cut and engraved items! I’m cataloguing them here, in case anyone is looking for inspiration.
It’s hard to tell, but you can see a bit in the light peeking through the wood. The parts of the shade are laser cut as long flex hinges, which makes them curve around the vertical axis.
These pieces we found in an art museum, which appears to be planes of laser cut wood and acrylic stuck together to create a statue:
Congrats on your nuptials and honeymoon, and thank you for sharing these! New Zealand is high on my travel list and just might have to be my 40th bday trip in a few years. These are all so cool and the abalone ones have me wondering if that is a material that can be laser cut
Thanks! NZ is beautiful and super easy to travel. Let me know if you are looking for tips!
Some brief searching on the abalone reveals that it should be cuttable. Though there is one reddit thread where a user says their laser was reflected back into the machine, which sounds not good. You can buy thin sheets of veneer with adhesive back though, so assuming we have the right laser to cut it and not reflect it should work! Some people online are also warning about the heat causing the edges to shatter or just need some cleanup.
