Artist Charles Olsen’s strong maritime background led him to create beautiful shadow boxes in his spare time. Today, the term “shadow box” is broadly used to describe a glass case where items are put ...
Heather Badger is an artist in Ghana whose passion is to mix modern and traditional art forms. She uses computer technology and laser engravers to help fashion shadow boxes. Badger says she's tired of ...
I have the t shadow but have got a couple of eye hooks and a string to drive the pen vs the rubber band like the benson pace jig. That solves all my issues with lines and odd starts to the tops of the letters when engraving.
A neat trick is to mount the piece in question between centers, and spin it at med speed and look down at it, you will be able to see a "shadow" of the solid parts as it spins, the narrowest part of that shadow is the maximum size cylinder you can turn from that piece USING THOSE CENTERS. Move the centers around to maximize the size of the shadow.
The shadow board was typically made of plastic or heavy cardboard and flocked or coated with thin felt. We used the heavy cardboard flocked boards as earring holders as well. Jewelry boxes bought from Hobby Lobby that are in an unfinished state can easily be upgraded to hold special pieces like you see in displays at major outlet stores.
ABC7 San Francisco: 'Super Science with Drew': Create shadow art at Exploratorium's 'Shadow Box' Exhibit
'Super Science with Drew': Create shadow art at Exploratorium's 'Shadow Box' Exhibit