Sunfish Window

September 19, 2021
Art
Carbide Create
Sunfish Window hero image

Description

This is a meant to be a image of a sunfish swimming through water in the style of stained-glass (epoxy).

Notes & Instructions

Step 1: Pocketed out the fish, and corner flourishes leaving 1mm of wood as a backing. Then fill with epoxy. Step 2: Vcarve (60 degree for the added depth) out the wave_2 patterns knowing that they won't get revealed on the backside. Then fill with epoxy. Vcarve (90 degree for the narrow path) the inner details on the epoxied sunfish with a shallow depth. Watch out for epoxy seeping through. Step 3: I broke the design up into 4 quadrants to create a small ridge the ran top to bottom, and another left to right to give it a look of being held together with metal (as stained glass is). I Advanced Vcarved the four sections, and plan to paint the background a deep sea blue with black or copper for the "metal" ridge. Step 4: I flipped the bad boy over and pocketed out the epoxy allowing light the shine through (too lazy to re-measure everything, so I just made a large rectangle. I finished it all off with a quick sanding with the orbital sander, 80 grit to help diffuse the light, and to remove any over flowed epoxy. I did my best to stay away from the display side though (didn't want to have to re-polish See: https://community.carbide3d.com/t/community-challenge-24-elements/35527 for more details and pictures.

Gallery

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Last updated: September 20, 2021