An xps foam carved bird. Inspiration found from an existing carved sculpture found on the internet. No need to invent the wheel when you can be inspired by someone else composition. Copy it and learn! Tools used on this carving. Hot wire cutting table with card templates for main shaping. Details were formed by carving […]
Project in progress. To make an abstract art panel 400mmx600mm x100mm thick. Digitized vector sketch of lines. Saved on PDF if you want to use it yourself. The grey image pdf is better for printing as it uses less ink. takes 9 sheets of A4 to print full size. Once I have made the panel […]
XPS foam abstract art panel. layered xps foam, painted with vinyl matt emulsion. back panel 50mm thick, top layers of 25mm thick. Some of the shadows are painted, some are real. Layers cut using a hot wire pen and 380gsm boxboard card templates to obtain straight lines. To obtain a smooth surface on the xpsfoam […]
To carve this Monstera leaf garden wall art panel, start by sketching your design onto the 400mm x 600mm polystyrene surface using a permanent marker. Since the panel is 100mm thick, you have plenty of room for deep, high-relief carvings. Use a wire brush of various sizes to remove the bulk of the waste or […]
You may be thinking what has a 3d printed pen got anything to do with carving foam? How to make a wall plaque using a 3D printer Pen. First carve the wall plaque in XPS foam or eps foam. Paint the xpsfoam wall plaque, sand and smooth the surface. Seal the surface of the plaque […]
Carved xps foam skull from a block of xpsfoam 200mmx200mmx150mm. Mostly Carved with a scalpel then sanded down. One coat of matt black paint. Next step would probably make a latex mould and cast it in a resin concrete.
The method on this video is quit inspiring and works very well for making pawns for chess. This method would also work for making a pattern that could be used to make a mould to make a concrete cast garden bird feeder.
Abstract art panel in profile cut layers, red dominant. made from XPS Foam glued together layers and painted with acrylic paint.
Abstract art panels using xps foam panels in layers to make 3d art panels. Each layer was cut and then the surface was smoothed with wet and dry 180 grit sand paper, sealed with water proof PVA and painted with vinyl matt emulsion before gluing together with contact adhesive. The edge of the panel was […]