Today I got a look at the process of laser cutting during our group induction. After spending all morning slogging it out unsuccessfully with illustrator trying to persuade it to allow me to invert a path (so that it would cut out the negative space around my type rather than the type itself) I was a bit annoyed that I didn't have my final idea ready to be cut. This wasn't as big a deal as I thought as no one had anything finished ready so it ended up being quite a chilled out, enjoyable afternoon that I got a decent tester out of that proved I didn't need to invert my text anyway cause it looks more pure and uncontrived as it is.
Some of the stuff you can do with a laser cutter is awesome, you can engrave and mark various surfaces which creates a really distinctive aesthetic. It contrasts massively with an ink print in the way that it is tactile and has added depth and because of its relative rarity due to expense, it has a premium, exclusive feel which I think suits my business cards for the distinguished composer Debussy.
It was really worthwhile getting to know the potential of the machine as my outcome for 'Identity' seems much more attainable and aside from finding a nice, grainy pastel coloured card and drawing a few more shapes, I've sorted my layouts I'm pretty much ready to print.
I've also adapted my mushy pea packaging net to fit a smaller 300g pot so now it is 579 x 108 rather than 597 x 124 which is a bit smaller but still allows only 4 to size B2 3 to size A2 but 7 to size A1 so as long as A1 is viable on a relatively thick (450 gsm upwards I think) sheet of biodegradable (or if not recyclable card) this will have been a worthwhile improvement.
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