As part of the ‘Ocean’s Bounty’ project, the year 9s made these laser cut acrylic brooches. Our school has a laser cutting machine which I’ve been learning how to use this year. It is such a a fantastic resource to have in school, and there are so many ways to create things on it.
The designs are essentially an acrylic sandwich: the top layer is the cut out design, in the middle are ‘Angelina Fibres’ and the bottom layer is a solid layer, which has a pin glued on the back. The designs are based on the paper stained glass windows that the year 9s made (see here). Before the students stuck the coloured tissue paper onto the black cut out designs, photographs were taken of the shilhouettes. Using Word and 2D Design, the students chose a design for their brooch, by manipulating the photograph of their paper design. Students also enjoyed making the Angelina fibres – a really simple and effective material. Everything was then glued together to make the final brooch. The students finished these in December so they made really nice Christmas presents!
Here are some examples that I made...
The design is cut out in acrylic on the laser cutting machine, and a solid piece is cut out for the backing.
The Angelina Fibres are cut to the exact size of thebrooch.
Everything is glued together.
The finished brooch. This is one of the student's designs that I used to make an example, you might recognize it from one of the photos above.
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