My mahogany Iphone case arrived the other day in a beautiful laser-cut package from the Dutch company, Miniot. The build quality of the case is astounding; the wood volume buttons, perforated speaker grills, and magnetic closure all functioned perfectly. The standard case is incredibly beautiful, but a little laser customization never hurt. I decided to laser engrave the silhouette of a tree into the rich brown mahogany. The warm nature of the wood and the deeply engraved tree have drastically improved the feel of this previously cold hunk of aluminum and glass.

New to the Artist series: RAZAUNO! on Vimeo.

I’d like to welcome Venezuelan artist Max Vogel aka RAZAUNO to the Engrave Your Book artist series. This isn’t the first time Max has experimented with laser art; he was featured in the February issue of Juxtapoz magazine for his laser engraved wood pieces.

The pictures below are from his recent solo show in Paris, “Better Known As Brooklyn”, which featured wall size hand-painted letter-forms, custom skateboard decks, and laser engraved wood panels. Be on the lookout for other laser collaborations with Razauno.

Now anyone can get a custom laser engraved Moleskine notebook! Upload a picture, scan a drawing, or submit vector art, and we’ll send you a notebook that is truly yours. Check out Engrave Your Book for more details.

What do you get when you cross a high power metal marking laser with the portability of a supersoaker?
DANGER….And the industry’s first 12/24 volt handheld fiber laser system by Laser Photonics.
This is a system designed to mark barcodes on missiles and such without having to drag the missile over to the laser. Now you can walk the streets laser marking everything in sight!

The weather here in Portland, Oregon has been unusually sunny for this time of year. Instead of going for a hike at the base of Mt. Hood, I decided to laser cut the mountain out of balsa wood (my mental rendition of it anyways).

I recently finished translating my sketches of flowers into a functional laser-cut acrylic chandelier. I decided that a hanging flower would work best as a chandelier, so I went with my mental image of a Bluebell flower. Turns out that my mental image was way off compared to the real Bluebells, but so much for reality…

I began by scanning in my sketches, tracing over them with a digital tablet, and refining the curves. I then chose to use 1/16″ clear acrylic, and created rings with slots to hold the 16 identical pieces that make up the outer wall of the flower. Before firing up the laser, I made a digital proof in illustrator by revolving the shape and viewing it as a wireframe.

Say hello to custom engrave moleskine notebooks. The worlds favorite notebook just got way cooler. Check out www.engraveyourbook.com to design your own.

The redesign is mostly live. The old flash-based site has been retired for a custom WordPress template site, which will be much easier to update. This means there will be more content, tutorials, inspiration, and thoughts from me. Besides laser engraved laptops and ipods, I will be featuring other laser projects: laser-cut earrings, chandeliers, custom engraved Moleskine notebooks, and other fine laser projects.