Description
This is a special precision laser cut & engraved version of my hand cut 40mm thick solid oak “Guillemot with Egg (Art Puzzle)” (see https://michaelautumn.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/guillemot-with-egg-art-puzzle/) because hand-cutting the latter took far too long and caused serious RSI and/or rheumatoid arthritis in my hands/fingers.
The design uses multiple lasering and layering techniques – cut-throughs, scoring, light scoring, engraving, deep engraving – which all have to be done in a specific sequence. For example, in places in the design, I have score marks on top of some deep engraved areas – so obviously the deep engraving has to be done before the scoring.
The art puzzle has been varnished with “non-yellowing” UV protective lacquer, however, I can’t give any assurances as to its longevity because that comes largely down to framing (which I’m not offering).
The option on “Cutting” below relates to whether you want an actual art puzzle – i.e. cut up into 314 pieces – or uncut – and left as a single piece of engraved wood panel. The latter looks almost identical to the art puzzle, made exactly the same way, except the cutting power of the laser is reduced enough to just do a deep score a line – rather than cut all the way through the wood panel. The engraved panel is aimed at people whole like the design but don’t want to use it as a puzzle. I added this option as a result of feedback received.
Regretfully, as this is an unlimited edition, I’m not offering it framed. The reason is because I don’t want to get involved with high volume framing. Obviously it doesn’t have to be framed – especially if you want to use it purely as a puzzle. Framing is a big topic with many options and variables, and if you want your artwork framed, I suggest that you have it done by a local framer – and choose what suits your taste and budget. If nothing else, this will save you money on the additional postage costs of sending a much heavier and fragile item through the post. So please bear this in mind if you want to buy this item.
Just to give you an artist’s insight into this piece, a video of me talking about a very similar artwork to this (“Golden Plover with Egg (Art Puzzle) – Laser”) and the making of it can be seen on YouTube – https://youtu.be/6tEkUPruOFo – with the main difference being this one takes twice as long to laser.
