Rose and butterfly kirigami

[RabidAlien]

Another kirigami design by https://lightboxgoodman.com/collections/kirigami-digital

 

3/8 bbply (buying the 4'x8' sheet at Lowes and cutting it down is a lot cheaper, I found, than the smaller sheets, and I ran across surprisingly few voids).  Frame was a 2x2, ripped in half.  Minwax Honey and Natural stains.  Lost count of the number of Pegas 0/2MG blades.  Not a difficult cut at all, the hardest part was the outside cut, around the butterfly...only one bridge holding him to the rose, and some thin areas.  Overall a good pattern!

 

I think I blew it up to 125% when I printed, but I have no regrets.    I had to round off the corners of the piece in order to not run into the throat depth of my 16" saw, but since I wasn't stack-cutting this, it was no problem.

 

 

[daveww1]

excellent job

[barb.j.enders]

Lovely!

[Scrappile]

Nice cutting.  There are some neat patterns at that site.  I was looking at one or two and the only way I could figure out how to cut it would be to cut out the white and leave the black.  I think most would take skill my or hands don't have any more.

Edited July 20, 2023 by Scrappile

[RabidAlien]

31 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Nice cutting.  There are some neat patterns at that site.  I was looking at one or two and the only way I could figure out how to cut it would be to cut out the white and leave the black.  I think most would take skill my or hands don't have any more.

 

Thank you sir!  I've cut a couple of his multi-layer lightboxes (you have to be creative with the "windows" on some of the layers, since wood doesn't tend to pass diffused light through it like paper does). His stuff is intricate!!  But danged if its not AWESOME when you finish!!

[RabidAlien]

Thanks, all!

[FrankEV]

Well done!  

Don't know how you handled it, but for "positive" patterns like this I like to keep the surrounding board in one piece using a drilled hole.   I will tape the cut panel to the surrounding wood as I cut the perimeter.  This holds delicate piece for you as you cut.  

I also make my cut panel the exact same size as my backer so I can than use the surrounding wood to locate the cut panel on the backer. That assumes the cut panel is properly located  in the first place.  I compliment you on placing the image on the backer with a nice balance amount of free space all around. ..KUDOs.

 

 

[MarieC]

Very nice!  Great cutting of those intricate roses!

[Dak0ta52]

Fantastic job, Kirk.

[Peter N White]

Hard job on an awkward piece but you nailed it.

[AUTOMILE]

Very nice!

[Charlie E]

Nice job!

[Ron Johnson]

Very beautifully done Kirk. 

[wombatie]

Very nice work.

Marg