Back on the laser cutter this week. I had decided that a mixture of ply and white perspex would make a nice contast on the coasters. Plus this could be done fairly easily by cutting the same shapes out of both sheets and just slotting the cut-outs of one into the sheet of the other. I also enlarged the outline of some of the coffee rings and used these to provide a shape for the coaster itself as I really didn't want these to be uniform. All in all these worked well apart from the fact that the coasters were a little too big (I should have measured these) and too thick (3mm sheet of ply/perspex plus a 3mm MDF base). The ply now needs to be stained, varnished and all elements glued - I'll hopefully have a chance to do this over the holidays.
Also took the opportunity to cut out some more shapes for the moss cushions - this time I included ellipses as well as circles and kept the sizes much smaller. I also intend to stain the ply used as well as I think this would be a more fitting surround for the moss.
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