Excellent video, I am starting to do these mandala's and I thank you for going through your steps. You have answered a few questions for me. Mainly the gluing and how you did the color. As your colors appear to be oil based, you haven't had a problem with flare ups in the laser? I think you have an awesome idea of the paint sample blocks. I did a few just to see how a stain/color would look on wood, I never even thought about using them for color combo's! I hope you will do more!
haha, ask man! The wood glue I use is called Bison d2, I don't know if the glue roller has an official name but if you search for 'glue roller applicator' you will find many.
Nice Job, how did I the exhibition go? When clamping them down, I suggest a piece of lumber to cross the span of the artwork with the clamps on the ends. Or use longer C clamps with plates.
This is amazing dude! Have you tried messing around with locating holes in each corner while creating design? I was wondering if that would make for a perfect glue up if you made a jig with some dowel rods? This is so good though, so I doubt you have many issues with your process lol
Excellent work! It’s very relaxing! May I know what type of laser you’re using? Will diode laser like the Sculpfun S30 achieve the same cut? Thanks you!
Hi this is sooo beautiful... May i know what oil are you using to make the wood black and what laser you are using? Thank you for sharing your process :)
very beautiful artwork! I actually want to go into this craft myself and there is a lot to be learned here. I was surprised to see you do the colouring of the wood pre cut. until now i have seen people doing it afterwards. Have you ever had any wood stretching, shrinking or warping during the process causing misalignments in the layers? that glue dispenser is a nice tool i havent seen before as well :).
Awesome! I subscribed! I am beginning the process myself and am using fusion 360. I love the idea of actually drawing the lines...do you free hand everything or use straight lines for the fan and other parts? Also wondering if you use offset function for layering and keeping certain thickness (like the straight blades of the fan). I would greatly appreciate any help. I would love to know what program you use to draw in.
I personally use Illustrator and use a combination of free hand drawing and existing shapes and functions. I think any vector program works way better for this process, better than a CAD program like Fusion. Hope this helps!
