MCEscher

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Rippled Surface by M.C. Escher, minorly adapted to be one contiguous piece.
Original photo viewable here: https://www.mcescher.com/gallery/back-in-holland/rippled-surface/
Etched+cut with a glowforge on 1/8 inch basswood, selected for high moon contrast.
The file rippled_surface_0.15mm_r_kerf_bmp.svg is the one imported into the glowforge software. Other files are provided for convenience in tuning kerf, or experimenting with svg engrave.
Layer order and settings:
1st:
Bitmap engrave
focused at .225 ", .1" above the actual surface, to reduce scanline artifacts.
Speed 1000
Full power
"Vary power", not dithering
270 LPI
2nd:
Tree cut
Defaults for proofgrade medium basswood plywood
3rd:
Signature score
Defaults
4th:
Outer cut
Defaults
Originality of the Model
The author declares that this work is their personally shared model
This model is licensed under the following terms:
Credit must be given to the creator
Models(2)
- rippled_surface.svg
1.55 MB
2025-07-20
- rippled_surface_0.15mm_r_kerf.svg
2.39 MB
2025-07-20


