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Welcome to the Artisan Blog! Here you can learn more about the projects we take on and see what we’re up to and what inspires us.
Colonel, The Artisan Team
Industrial model and 3d printing
Industrial model for Haigh engineering This model was made for Haigh, who's client requested a model of their water treatment plant. We were given excellent CAD drawings from which to [...]
Laser cutting services for Ingress augmented reality game
Laser cutting acrylic badges for Ingress. A good customer of ours, Valerie from Polymer Clay, came to us this week with a new and intriguing request. She currently uses our [...]
laser cut stencils
Stencils We have been going stencil mad in the last few weeks, new enquiries coming from all sorts of industries. We offer laser cutting services for all types of material [...]
Laser cut acrylic signs
Smart, contemporary laser cut acrylic signs Laser cut plastic leaves a sharp crisp edge that helps us create fantastic modern signage. Upholstery Techniques just outside Cheltenham were recently re-vamping their [...]
Architectural planning model
Architectural planning application model Planning application models are the most common architectural model enquiries we get here, done properly they can convey all the architect's visions and designs as well [...]
Cold cast coins
Cold cast coins We think these coins look fantastic and using a model making trick they were relatively simple to produce. Our client Lauren Moore designed a set of coins [...]
Laser cut business cards
Laser cut business cards. We have been working with Paul at Yellow Jersey Designs to produce his bespoke business card designs using laser engraving and cutting. We were asked to [...]
3d printing vs model making
Laser cut prototype When our customer came to us with a 3d printing job (and a student's budget!) this week we had to look into alternatives, on looking closer at [...]
Bespoke trophies
Bespoke trophies. We were given the brief to create 90 awards for Straumann UK featuring an enlarged dental implant mounted on an acrylic base. We began by modelling the implant [...]
iPhone engraving
Iphone engraving Iphones and iPads engrave really quickly and effectively when they are backed in anodised aluminum. The anodised coating is vaporised off the back revealing the metal underneath, if [...]