Tis’ the Season for Laser Cut Acrylic Snow Flakes!
Posted by Doug Cooke on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 @ 04:24 PM
One of the great things about laser cutting for the Arts world is showing off how playful something like a CO2 laser can be! For instance in this winter holiday season we have been cutting snow flakes out of 1/8” acrylic.
The ability of acrylic to hold a ton of detail when cut, as well as be embellished by the etching process makes it a natural for producing beautiful holiday ornaments as well. Some of the designs we have cut contain so much detail that they are almost as much fun to look at as a real snowflake. Snowflake designs lend themselves well to many of the beautiful tinted transparent acrylics made by many manufactures today and they make great holiday gifts too.
Acrylic cut with a good laser holds so much potential for artists, marketers and display makers because of the impact it can carry. When we are out in the retail environment it is easy to become numb to all the POP display decoration, but I have noticed over time that good laser cut acrylic always stands out (or at least product displayed on it does). If you really want to add something special to an acrylic design try adding solid colors of vinyl to the rear of a display so that the color carries throughout the display via the optical characteristics of the acrylic. It is no accident that when clear or tinted acrylic is decorated with cut vinyl it seems to have a glow all it’s own. Perhaps I am just experiencing my own version of Christmas spirit with an acrylic glow to it. Acrylic really is a great material to use to enhance the decorations of the seasons.
