CNC

This piece in the Beyond Vernacular series explores the use of CNC routing to create the lace doily cut out of Acrylic. I am most interested in using technology, like CNC driven cutting tools, when it allows me to do something unexpected. The software driven router has some obvious advantages in this application in that the file can replicate an accurate toolpath to create the inaccurate geometry found in the crocheted pattern of the lace. The images show the router in action and the piece still "tabbed" in the material before it was removed cleaned up a bit and sanded. The doily is about 27" in diameter.