What makes a good stencil material?
Over the last couple of months various orders have come in requesting stencils. I thought I’d put this to the test and try a few of different materials to see …
A Bit of Bling!
Its nice to come into work looking a million pounds, so to cheer up everyone in the Nice-Cuts office during this blustery gloomy springtime I decided to have a go at …
Working With Wood
This week we were asked if we could laser-engrave onto some beautiful circular wooden slices. We said we’d give it ago! The disks arrived in the post, sent to me …
Christmas make off round two – wreaths.
Following on from the plywood and acrylic mistletoe of last week, I wanted to make something else Christmassy in a similar style. So next up… Wreaths! I played around with a …
Mistletoe! Christmas make-off 2017
Every year, coming up to Christmas time, I take part in a ‘make off’ with some of my other laser cutting friends. It’s not really a competition, it’s just for …
No-Water Houseplants!
It seems as if summer is coming to a close, and as sad as this is, I am feeling relieved that I no longer seem to be a slave to the …
Postage Problems!
One of our regular customers, Oh My Dear Julia, creates beautiful bespoke wedding invitations and favours. She actually wrote a guest blog for us back in March (read it here!) …
Engraving convert!
Recently we’ve had a few orders coming in for engraved pieces. While this is something I’ve always thought was nice, I tended to think the expense of choosing to Engrave …
Amaziograph… The most addictive game
Recently I’ve been playing around with a fantastic app I found on IOS called Amaziograph. I was recommended to it by a friend back in December when I was having fun …
Guest Blogger! Stephen Emmerson’s Poetry Wholes
A couple of months ago we had an interesting project pop up in the Nice-Cuts inbox! We didn’t really understand Stephen’s Poetry Wholes, though we certainly had great fun in the …
Laser Cut Bunting!
Whilst beavering away with my projects for Newcastle’s Maker Faire UK 2017, I turned my attention towards how best to decorate our stall! This year I joined the Oomlout team and we certainly wanted to …
Guest Blogger! Oh My Dear Julia
I had been running a business selling wedding stationary for a couple of year now and doing relatively well, but for various reasons, not the least my technician moving to …
Maker Faire UK – Pimp my badge!
This March we were again set the task of creating the badges for Maker Faire UK 2017 – this is our fourth year on badge duty, so we’re keen to celebrate with …
Laser Your Way Into The Christmas Display… Prototyping
So a few months ago, the leaves were falling, it was beginning to get very nippy in the workshop, and I was busy thinking up a master plan for how …
Run out of ‘Cs’?? – Just cut another one!!
This week I wanted to have a go at making an old fashioned marquee board sign – you know, the kind they have outside old cinemas – to let people know if …
Laser Cut Art Glass Designs
What have we been working on lately?! Recently we were asked to help prototype some window panels for Glass Artist Zoë Eady of The Glass Garden, a stained glass studio based at Sunny …
New Year New Website!!
So it may be cold outside, but we’ve been beavering away in the Nice-Cuts workshop, cooking up a beautiful new website for 2017. We are super excited to hear from …