OBDF210 Blog by Marina Dawson

Surface Design Study

By Marina Dawson

After some time pondering what may be an interesting thing to engrave into the wood, I began to think about the upcoming months ahead and Christmas time. I realized that it would be interesting to create some shapes and patterns that would resonate with my relatives to create some possible Christmas gifts. I eventually decided that I would use similar patterns to my texture study and create some coasters that my Croatian grandma would like.

After examining examples of Croatian woodworking, I decided to settle on a couple of designs of Kolos, and after a lot of time, I was happy with the end result.

Here was the final design in rhino that I made.

After a couple of tries with Jessica, I finally lasered my favorite item, and with a bit of wood oil, I think that the final result is absolutely stunning. What I love most is that it is almost impossible to find these sorts of things unless I went back home to Croatia, and now I have a way of embracing my culture and heritage through modern technology that is fast and efficient.

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