Designing with Shapes and Frames | New SVG Minimize Recordsdata and Laser Minimize Wooden Provides for Pendants and Earrings

Gaining access to a maker area and laser cutter is past superior – see Laser Chopping and 3D Printing at My Native Maker House which I wrote some time in the past.

At first, I purchased some jewellery minimize recordsdata to make use of as I started laser slicing wooden items.  I discovered it enjoyable to discover ways to put together SVG minimize recordsdata for the laser cutter.  Happily, the maker area employees have been splendidly affected person as I discovered little by little what labored and what did not.

I additionally realized that whereas graphic designers created lovely minimize recordsdata, they weren’t essentially jewellery designers themselves. So a number of the SVG minimize recordsdata I used didn’t at all times translate very effectively as precise jewellery items.

That lead me to think about designing my very own which meant I needed to discover ways to use drawing applications – the one I exploit most is the open supply (i.e. free) Inkscape.  My daughter, a whiz at totally different drawing applications helped me get began.

Shapes and Frames is my first SVG minimize file. My lengthy dormant Etsy lives once more!  I’ve supplied the minimize file in four codecs, SVG, DXF, PNG and PDF.  It’s possible you’ll promote what you make utilizing my minimize file! See the itemizing for the total phrases of use.

These are the inspiration for a couple of of my future and upcoming designs. However these frequent jewellery shapes and frames can be utilized as they’re in so many various methods. The probabilities are infinite!

I selected these well-liked shapes – spherical, diamond, rectangle, teardrop, sq., reverse tear drop, coronary heart, oval and dagger, all with tabbed holes. Tabbed holes give a extra completed look to designs. The minimize file additionally features a small circle with a tabbed gap which is helpful as stud earrings which might be paired to dangles.

The shapes and frames will also be mixed for layered designs. Combine and match them!

These of you who’ve Cricut or Silhouette digital die cutters will be capable of use my minimize file to combine and match leather-based minimize outs.  If you do not have such a machine, you possibly can print out the PDF and use that as a template for slicing.  However truthfully, it’s sooner on these machines. And it is possible for you to to simply measurement items to what you want.

Laser cutters can minimize leather-based however they can’t minimize fake leather-based which is most frequently made out of PVC – harmful chlorine fuel is launched. However the Cricut or Silhouette can minimize both.

I’ve a README with the SVG file obtain however I ought to point out one necessary factor right here.  If in case you have a Silhouette Fundamental, you have to use the DXF model of the minimize file as you won’t be able to make use of the SVG.  Because of my mates, Sonya (rocpoet) and Gloria Uhler of Home Diva On-line for testing out on their Silhouettes!

You can even use the interior cuts of the body items and mix them with applicable shapes.  These inside cuts must be saved and never wasted!

The earrings under have been riveted with TierraCast rivetable flowers and compression rivets.  I’ll share the tutorial at a later date.

You can even use my minimize recordsdata to create your individual laser minimize wooden items – both at your native maker studio or with a business laser slicing service like Outfab.

However I notice not everybody has entry to such assets. Nor need massive portions particularly in case you simply need to attempt them out.  So I’m offering laser minimize wooden provides in smaller portions.

These are available in two totally different sizes, so examine my listings info rigorously. The “bigger” sizes are appropriate as pendants and assertion earrings. The “common” sizes may very well be used as smaller pendants and earrings.
I’ve rigorously chosen the sizes on the Goldilocks precept – not too massive and never too small. I additionally factored in sure designs in thoughts – all shall be revealed sooner or later.
It took some experimentation to get to the ultimate designs!  Have a look at the enormous holes in my first efforts under!  I additionally didn’t just like the sharp angle of the dagger minimize out so I’ve actually minimize off that time.
If you’re slicing your individual wooden items, you possibly can add the holes to utilize the interior minimize out of frames.  You should use a leather-based punch so as to add these holes for leather-based cuts on the die cutters.  Or use the minimize outs as is.

The frames and minimize out shapes can be found individually on my Etsy.

Because the laser is sort of exact in slicing, you possibly can simply make the cuts smaller than what I present as long as you possibly can nonetheless get soar rings by the holes.  For instance, the oval set on the fitting above is sized 50% of the primary pendant and assertion earrings oval set on the left.

Die cutters although could not be capable of minimize to such decreased sizes so please check with paper first.

As you possibly can see even the “pendants and assertion earrings” measurement shouldn’t be that enormous. The body on the fitting is sized for earrings and smaller pendants.

Why wooden? They’re mild, natural, recyclable and cheap. I exploit Baltic birch plywood –  this wooden is sustainable and eco-friendly. One other well-liked sustainable wooden is bamboo.  You may simply rework wooden into so many various colours and patterns.

The laser minimize wooden items are unfinished. Naked wooden will quickly decide up dust and pores and skin oils. So you’ll have to first sand flippantly – this additionally removes the slight scorch marks as a result of laser. Then stain or paint and seal.  You should use both spray or brush on acrylic paints and varnishes.

Proven under are some design inspirations and kinds you should use. I’ll share tutorials on how I made these within the close to future. 

Minimalist type of particular person?  Preserve it easy with painted frames in favourite colours or to match outfits. The dagger body measurement is from this itemizing.

Stained rectangular body layered with a stupendous Tierracast vintage silver plated feather for a novel pendant! That is from their Southwestern assortment which I obtained for overview.  The big pendant body is from this itemizing.
Go trendy with paint! Combine the wood stud earrings with any form and in several sizes!

Or add Tierracast steel stud earrings –  to painted wooden shapes for a chic look. The hearts come from the bigger of the Easy Shapes group.

Including metallic accents is one other technique to go. I used soar rings to connect this beautiful Swarovski crystal charms from Tierracast.  For those who decide the fitting sized soar rings and place them on both aspect of the tab, they keep put and won’t slide down the spherical body. Actually!
Stained or painted wooden frames are an amazing different for wired designs!  Straightforward peasy! These are massive reverse tear drop frames.
You can even do the identical with Fireline! These frames might be discovered right here.
Stained wooden frames are good for actual flower and resin jewellery!  This massive sq. wooden body is from this itemizing.
Then there’s decoupage!  I simply love origami paper on wooden. You may simply seal/varnish on high. However I just like the fake glass impact of resin to complete.  I teamed up the laser minimize wooden stud earrings with the diamond form with tabbed holes from this itemizing.
There are such a lot of methods to craft your gems!

Please examine my Etsy on occasion for updates.  If I do run out of some issues, I’ll minimize extra!

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I used my iPhone 6S with the Digicam+  app. I used  the Orangemonkie studio which comes outfitted with LED lights – for synthetic mild images in my windowless basement studio. The Foldio2 is especially inexpensive. I exploit the Foldio3 with the additional mild bar as a result of I want the room for tutorial images.  Take a look at my How you can Photograph Jewellery Webinar ..join the notification so I can let you understand when my on-line class is prepared.

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