Art

Iterations on hangers for art

I’ve been slowly iterating on designs to hold art on my cool, new display board. I haven’t settled on anything yet, but here are several of my attempts so far.

3D renderings of three clips. Each clip has a 45° angled cleat at its rear. The front features a downward-facing clip. The variations between the three are minor, mostly in the amount of distance between the ends of the clip

3D renderings of a hook and of a bifrucated vertical support with a cleat as described earlier. The vertical support extends a long way from the cleat and has a support brace that keeps the design upright against the board

Photo of printed bottom and edge supports

3D rendering of a cleat with a circular hole for a magnet; a photo of a single printed cleat with a magnet installed next to a cube of approximately 100 cylindrical magnets; a photo of ten printed cleats with magnets installed

Art display board 🗒️

Big build day!

I have basically been thinking about building the display board all week, but haven’t had a chance to until today because of both work and weather. I’ve found this thinking time useful for planning the cuts and assembly procedure. I read up on some woodworking “best practices” that suggested a…

Technical drawing titled "Layout (Woodworking)" showing a diagram of the front and left sides with many specific dimensions called out

Two photos: 1) heavy-duty shelving unit parts assembled in a square with a protruding beam holding a mounting bracket for my phone and 2) me using the circular saw on a workbench located just outside my garage

Photo of me looking at two rails laid out on the board with the spacing tools

Me cutting French cleats with the circular saw

Art display board 🗒️

New project – Display board for art postcard collection

I’m starting a new woodworking–plus–3D printing project add some more art to my home office: a display board for my art postcard collection! For this project, I’m trying out a new way of writing about my progress through the project. I’ll write smaller updates as I iterate on the designs…

Sample of art postcard collection; several colorful postcards are fanned out nondescriptly; some postcards appear to be hand-sized versions of US National Parks posters

3D rendering of a 400mm x 400mm French cleat system with 8 rails from which to hang postcards and other small accessories. There is a single plywood panel with each rail running horizontally across the face.

Closeup of completed print of rails still affixed to the build plate

Closeup 3D rendering of the same board from earlier, but with two spacing jigs on the left and right showing how the jigs will be used to position the rails consistently

Making candles with 3D-printed molds

My wife has been enjoying making anise, cinnamon, and citrus water centerpieces with floating tea lights. They look pretty on the table and they smell nice without setting off my scent allergies. But after a few weeks, we started accumulating spent candles. I started to wonder if I could melt…

Two renderings and a photo: 1) a small cup with a line bifurcating the cup vertically, 2) the same cup with one half hidden to show the base and the remaining half cup and 3) a photo of the final cup with a rubber band bound around the mold to keep it together

Photo of double boiler on stove; the inner pot already has candle wax melting in it

Photo of mold containing translucent wax; a pair of tweezers suspends a wick and metal base in the middle of the molten wax

mRNA Vaccine Visualization (and cute frame for my vaccination record card)

I grew up with my mom telling me stories about chicken pox, and then a few of my friends caught it. I avoided catching the pox and I was able to be vaccinated against it. Now I’m an adult with a significant protection against shingles! I think vaccines are fantastic…

Screenshot of Fusion 360 rendering the mRNA visualization

Photo of 3D-printed frame holding a vaccination record card and an mRNA plaque