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A small selection of pieces I designed, programmed, and cut on a CNC machine.

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Finished CNC-cut axe display

Object archive

Small experiments, useful things.

Each piece started as a drawing, became a programmed tool path, and ended as something physical. The collection moves from signs and mapped lines to patterns and small practical pieces.

01

From file to object

Two pieces shown at both ends of the process: laid out on the machine, then assembled and finished.

UNITS sign laid out on the CNC bed
On the bed
Finished UNITS sign on a workbench
Finished
Fleur-de-lis pattern after cutting
After the cut
Finished framed fleur-de-lis panel
Finished
02

Lines with meaning

Lettering, portraits, and mapped streets all begin as linework. The cut gives those lines depth and a physical edge.

Discipline equals freedom CNC-cut panel
Portrait relief during the CNC cut
Finished framed portrait relief
CNC-cut relief map of Richmond, Virginia
03

One-off solutions

Some cuts solve a small practical problem. Others exist because the object was worth making.

CNC-cut thermostat surround
Mapped relief on the CNC bed
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