Hello Lisa:
Your report is very interesting. I like the idea of using a laser
cutter for making collage materials. For those of you who have not seen a
laser cutter. These machines are about the size of a household chest
freezer. The cutting head moves over a large flat surface, and focuses the
laser beam at the material to be cut. A laser cutter can not only cut, it
can also engrave. In 1991, I had one of these machines cut a piece of
acrylic plastic into a map of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The
streets were grooves wide enough to insert dymo tape. I then made dymo tape
labels for the street names, and laid them in the streets. Some of the
hotels, and the convention center were also labeled. The result was a
positive image. I then had a negative mold made, and copied with an
industrial vacuum forming machine. The result was the creation of some nice
maps which were used for the 1991 NFB national convention. More later.
Regards,
Robert Jaquiss