Construction Process

For a design to be laser cut, a vector file needs to be sent to the laser-cutting machine, where the machine reads the data and uses this information to cut the chosen material. Below is a picture of the file sent to the laser cutter. This is an illustrator file, where the line width is set to 0.25 pt, and the colour is red. The colour of the line tells the laser cutter to either cut or engrave the material.

After the pattern is cut out of the material, all the laser cutters markings need to be sanded away, before heating up the plastic and placing it over a mold (in our case, a wok), so it bends to shape.

- Lauren Cannon