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 …
No vector program, no problem!
Many customers come to us with queries and designs but no means to create their artwork in the vector format we require for the laser cutter to plot it’s route …
An Alpine Christmas Gift!
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about a particularly bespoke wedding gift order for a Harry Potter loving client (read about it here). Zoë went on to develop her miniature …
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 …
Puzzling puzzles! …and preparing artwork for cutting.
Earlier this year we were asked to help design something simple for a customer that was hosting a treasure hunt. The idea was that participants of the treasure hunt, around 120 …
Beautiful Bears! For those without the means to create vector artwork.
From time to time we’re asked to prototype and laser cut work for people that don’t have access to a vector design program at all. Here at Nice-Cuts we use …
Laser Cut Your Way Into The Christmas Display… Packaging
A few weeks a go I talked about prototyping for my laser cut Christmas baubles. I started working on them back in November so they would be ready to send out …