A good friend of mine was in town this summer after having travelled around for a year and before making a move to Alaska.
His girlfriend’s parents are really into wine and he asked if I could make a “floating wine holder” for them that he had seen online. I was skeptical the idea would even work, but I gave it a shot and am happy to say it worked out as planned.
I was even able to get access to a laser-etcher again to inscribe their name onto it.
Laser-etching lots of rulers for the Detroit Urban Craft Fair in just over a week.
And yes, for any laser-experts out there, I know there shouldn’t be a flame. I adjusted the power down after this cut.
Working on some new bread boards/cutting boards. Hopefully I’ll have another design or two for etching in the near future.
I’ve been asked a few times why I didn’t choose to make cutting boards in the shape of Michigan. I’ve made ones in the past, but I decided against making them now because a) they’re already being made locally and b) I felt like even though they were more work to make, they were actually a little less practical as cutting boards.
There’s something I enjoyed about a simple, slightly misshapen cutting board, so I cut them by hand, sanded them down, and finished them with mineral oil.
Trevor Walters 