A fantastic new machine is moved into my workshop, and I love it already

Read more about Cricut on my new website CRICUTstudio where there are tips, ideas and sales of machines and materials…..click here and there in the new shop in seconds . Dette indlæg er også på det nye website i en opdateret version.

Cricut Maker is an American cutting plotter can cut, gravere, Debos, write, false mm. And with the recent "knife blade" can cut wood, leather, paperboard and cardboard up to 2,4 mm thickness. It provides unlimited possibilities

When I worked 10 years as a designer in the United States, is jegforholdsvis often in New York or San Francisco. I have been several times in the wonderful hobby shop Michaels i New York, and dreamed of a Cricut Easy Press. It's a super nifty heat press to textile fixation, setting the temperature and tod, and presses with his hands. It is super smart and perfect, when I'm out and hold courses, when my great heat press weighs 50 kg. But in the US they have the only 110 V, so it was a dream, men i sommers tog jeg så ”tilløb” og købte en varmepude til pressen med hjem.

At home I started to explore options and prices, and suddenly I caught in the large Cricut Universe exists. I spent a whole week to watch You Tube videos online, and watch and read a lot about their cutting machine Cricut Maker. I surpassed my teenage boy to watch You Tube, but I would know EVERYTHING ... and I was “hooked”, and suddenly there was no turning back, og jeg endte med at købe både varmepressen og en Cricut Maker maskine plus en masse tilbehør.

The machine is "Apple" of cutting machines, super user-friendly design and software. One can even use the software from both mobile and tablet. Everything from the humorous logo and name "Cricut" (Games on cricket cricket, where the last part is replaced with "cut" for tinge, and the logo is the letter C with feelers) to machine, heat presses, solving tools and software are incredibly thoughtful and delicious. I think it can be operated by all, children and the elderly. Perhaps the year's communion gift, it is much cheaper than a mobile phone, og der er uanede muligheder og til timers kreativ udfoldelse.

The software is called “Cricut Design Space” and can be operated from both mobile, tablet and computer. It is very easy to go to, and there is also an archive with a lot of files you can use, either free or files to the encirclement $1. Of course you can also import files from other applications. I draw even in Adobe Illustrator and export the them as SVG files, I then open the Cricut Design Space. You can also take photos with mobile or tablet, and then open them and make them cut files in the application. But choose easily what to do with the file, glow, debos etc.Efter choice of function you get a choice between a lot of different materials, when the material is selected, vises hvilken kniv eller hoved man skal bruge.

Maskinen lever helt op til at hvad jeg havde læst og set inden.
I have thrown me out of it, have cut foils, tree, cardboard and debos in various materials. Skal også have prøvet læder og nogle af de andre printhoveder.

Along with all my other Textile printers I have actually a large cutting plotter already, but it is so difficult to use, and the knives are super expensive and hard to change, so there should not enjoy some of experimenting with different materials. But Cricut there are all the different kinds of knives, og det hele er så super nemt.

Cricut also made pens and cut the foil with what they call “Infusible ink”, which is the same as the sublimation / dye sub ink, der blandt andet bruges på krus og polyester/sportstøj.
Markers can be inserted into the machine and draw on plain copy paper, then it is heated over to the mug or other. I've actually been looking for dye sub pens for some years, when I want to use them for my courses with children, so perfect for me. Also great with foil, where you cut his motives. But when I have a printer with dye sub ink, I do not know how much I will use film, men synes det er super godt tænkt.

My brain is running on the second week of options I should try, and I have gone all in, and bought all the knives, and have collected a lot of different materials I should try. The day before yesterday I got a lot of leather of a former colleague, så det er næste ting jeg skal prøve.

I have already optimized production of a blouse I make with several hours, because Cricut easily share my design and print it divided into 5 colors, så smart.

So it's an exciting new life. I am actually gone so far, I also have been Cricut dealer, både af maskinen og tilbehør.

Although I was not ready, and had not got my stuff on the web shop, I sold actually the first machine on Sunday. It has just arrived at very excited customer in Jutland. Hun har glædet sig i flere dage og skal straks i gang med at skære de kraftige materialer.

I hope that comes a lot of users, since I love to have someone to share the experience with. On my second cutting project I actually software help, by asking in a American Cricut Facebook group, så det kan være meget praktisk med kolleger.

CRICUT INFO
Finally look past my webshop MAKERstudio , I now have a lot of goods, faktisk Danmarks største Cricut udvalg.

Below link to FB page and group I created

Facebook groups “Cricut for everyone” where you can see what users are doing, ask for help, dele tips etc.

MAKERstudio Facebook page

Indlægget And then came the Cricut! blev vist første gang den BUGInamnam.

Gelli plates are cheap, quick and easy to make, og der er til mange timers kreative underholdning.

I have seen some online with GELLI plates, and think it looks so funny. Man kan købe færdige gelli plates på nettet.

But I always think it's fun to do things for yourself, so I decided to try making my own records. And now that I've tried it, and I know how easy and fun it is, Should I clearly try it again. Gelli pressure plate, will also surely part of this year Creative & KITCHEN summer school for children, I hold every year in week 27. Again this year it will be in the Civic Center Downtown, lige ved Nørreport og Torvehallerne.

I was fortunate that my colleague Ruwan, who have tried it before, wanted to share tips and tricks with me. Ruwan and I share the beautiful design store IF in Copenhagen 15 other designers. Ruwan laver fine keramik ting og sjove små figurerer.

Then Wednesday came Ruwan here in my workshop, so we could paint and pressing. I did, however, even the plates ready the day before, så vi havde noget at “lege” med.

I used 4 packages isinglass from Net, cut sheets into small pieces and putting pieces to soak in cold water, after about 5 min, Then I twisted them, put them in a bowl and poured some 1 dl in boiling water and stirred with a spoon. Se opskrift nedenfor.

I poured the mass in a small metal plate I had bought in Japan, it measures 15,5 cm x 26 cm just to have an idea of ​​the size. My plate was about 8 mm and it was fine, but do not make them thinner then I think they get too limp, try to go after 1 cm i tykkelse.

Do it only took max 10 minutes before it was solidified and ready for use. I asked the dog in the refrigerator for the next day. If you want it to last longer can pour glycerin in. The plate I had made we cut over to 2 plader.

One painting by putting a tiny bit of paint on the plates and then rolls to paint out with linoleum rolls (you can also use foam rollers from the sisters Branches also have acrylic paint). One can then put feathers, leaves mm. I love the old big ginkgo tree we have in the garden, so I used the leaves I found on the lawn. Man kan også klippe nogle papirsskabeloner man lægger på inden man ruller farven på.

When the paint and the pattern positioned on the plate, If one adds to the paper over and press it down with the hands. Be sure to have plenty of paper ready, in order to can make many prints of the same plate. There are endless possibilities so just try. Jeg tænker pladen kan holde en uges tid uden glycerin.

One can also make stamps. I made a Gelli plate more and punched simple shapes with metal cake stamps or cut the shape out with scissors. You can then roll the paint on them and use them as stamps

Indlægget Plates for pressure gelli – DIY blev vist første gang den BUGInamnam.