Today I finished up my shadow box and diorama. I am very happy with how my boxes turned out
I did not have much left to do on my shadow box today. I started the day by inspecting how well my actual box part of my shadow box turned out. The day before I had glued them together and left it overnight. When I undamped the tape that was holding the pieces together I was pleasantly surprised to see that they were well glued. After this, I started to sand them using an orbital sander
Once over with a 360 grit and then finished off with a 460 grit. After I had smoothed them out I started to apply the mineral oil to make the walnut wood I was using look nicer. I accidentally let the wood dry too long and it got sticky.I sanded it again and applied the second layer of mineral oil which made the wood smooth and have a nice feel. Next, I needed to cut the backing to the boxes
After I fitted bothe pictures with their backing I put the models in the box. For the shadow box, I put the lights in the back. After these steps, I was done with my boxes. This experience was one that I am happy to have done. I gained a deeper understanding of how to use adobe illustrator. The main challenge I faced was fitting the front piece for the boxes. It is a layer of paper that covers up the imperfections of the sides of the boxes. It is difficult to make as the boxes are not perfect rectangles which makes it hard to design on the laser cutter.
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