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Faux Stained Glass St. Patrick

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Faux Stained ST Patrick.xcs
Faux Stained ST Patrick
.xcs
Application scenario
Laser (45min)
Machine & module
xTool M1
10W
Compatibles · 8
Material used
3mm Basswood Plywood
10
1200
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      Stained glass craft is something I always wanted to try and never get around to, I was looking for inspiration for St. Patrick and came across this St. Patrick stained glass photo, I figured that I could create a Faux stained glass of St. Patrick with wood and UV resin.
    
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Step1: Prepare the Image
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Step 1: With the Procreate app on iPad, I modified the image I found (see photo 1), trimmed it to a square, so we get better details of his face and the clover leaf, and then changed the background glass panel to look like the lights are coming out from his halo (see photo 2)

Step 2: I upload the image to Silhouette Studio to process. 
    First: With the Trace function, I vectorize the raster image (see photos 3 & 4)
    Second: There were some lines were too thin, and some lines were not very smooth, so with the 
            Edit Point function, I was able to modify them. (see photos 5 & 6)
    Third: For the facial feature I want to just engrave it, so I need to separate them from the rest of 
           the image, with Knife Tool, I sliced the facial features away (see photos 7 & 8)
 

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Step2: Create Design File
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I am thinking of making a 5x5" project. so:

First: I create a 5x5" square for the backing

Second: I changed the size of the image I prepared to 4.5x4.5", added a thick border around to 
       make it to 5x5"  (see Photos 1 & 2)

 

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Step3: Cut, color & assembly
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Load the SVG to your machine, I set the red outline for the cut, and the purple outline for the engraving (see photo 1)

First, engrave the facial features, then cut out both pieces (see photo 2)

Used the original photo as a reference and the glass image as the guide, to color all the glass sections with acrylic paint pens onto the baking piece. (see photo 3)

After the paints are dried, glue the image layer onto the backing.

Carefully squeeze the UV resin into all the glass panels, and put it under the UV light to cure (see photo 4)


 

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xTool Supplies Used in This Template
xTool M1
xTool M1
3mm Basswood Plywood
3mm Basswood Plywood