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Week 14: Wildcard Week

I used the xtool f1 to engrave an image on the aluminum block.

Maria Khoreva, a dancer with Mariinsky Theater in Russia
Maria Khoreva, a dancer with Mariinsky Theater in Russia

The aluminum block was 26 mm thick. Quentin kindly brought me to the water jet where we cut a rectangle around my engraving.

water jet to cut out from aluminum block
water jet to cut out from aluminum block
Original image
Original image

I attempted both engravement of the full image and of the silhuoette. The detail looked more interesting on the full image, but since I added several passes on the actual run (and did it on a side I had sanded) I lost a lot on contrast.

 Engravement
Engravement
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