I’m not usually one to share my art but I’ve been really wanting to branch out and share it with others because I’m about to make a big step forward in life. This is my latest piece. I designed all the models in Blender and made all the tool-pathing for my CNC machine in this wonderful program called VCarve Pro. Also, shout out to Krita for being the best magic bullet to get ideas from my brain to a format that I can start editing. Basically takes 1 500 x 500 MDF for the 14mm thick base x x2 500 x 500 sheets of Lauan plywood for the reflectors, boarder and the words which lovingly and accurately describes what JWST truly is deep down, a straight-up science gangster. The black lettering and hexagon lines I did by cutting text pockets in the wood then filling them with an epoxy + enamel paint mix. And after a good sanding and oil coating, this is where I’m at. Still trying to develop a way of mounting the piece to the wall as well as a better way of getting the text on the JWST model itself.
Also, you can’t really see it from this angle, all the reflectors are facing inward towards a single point. Eventually I’ll make the OTE (The black thing in the middle where nothing sits as of now)
I’m still working out the kinks but I plan on making the next one even better… which is currently being made right next to me.
Hexagons are the bestagons
Circles are jerkles.
The orientation of the grain! That’s some professional tier shit right there.
That is bad ass, well done!
Thank you so much. That really means a lot to me.
Honeycomb is such a delightful pattern!
It’s mesmerizing.
Looks very cool with the converging lines in the wood!
Thank you and thanks for noticing! I redid basically everything for this part just so the grain of the wood could be put to good use. The first few iterations of that piece just wasn’t doing it for me… until I realized that’s exactly what I was missing.
Nice work!
Thank you! I appreciate that very much.