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I wouldn't call any of these masterpieces, but this appears to be where we post projects.

I've had my Black Cat Cougar since the end of May & I'm still learning the capabilities of it. There are snags & straight up walls I've hit with it (Still don't have the drivers working on my desktop - my laptop works fine though) but I am having fun testing the capabilities of it. I am working on several projects that are a little outside of the "box" so to speak, but here are a few of them.


Heat Transfer Vinyl - Cast shirts for a performance company


Chrome tanned leather on veg tanned leather.


Salt water etch on brass.

This is my first plotter/cutter & I still have a long way to go, but I will at least enjoy the journey

Looks like you are doing a great job learning to master your Cougar! TFS your pics!

Looks GREAT and I just love that you have given me new ideas of what I can do with my SB. I will have to look up salt etching and give that one a try. Still waiting to do something with leather. Love the shirts!

Looks great!!! I'm impressed with what you are doing with your machine.

Awesome! Love 'em all, but the salt water etching fascinates me. Gotta look that one up....

Thanks, all! For that particular salt water etching project I used a sharpie as a resist, then shadowed the inside of each piece at .025, .050, .075 & etc until the inside was "colored in". I think it was a .5 tip sharpie that I used. Vinyl is superior in most cases but I haven't mastered vinyl at this point in time & the smaller details tend to pull off the backing during cutting at times.

I'm glad to have inspired other artists & I hope you'll share your etching projects, too.

I am new to salt water etching but I am open to sharing my experiences or answer questions on what I've discovered so far.

All my best,
~Kelley

Terrific projects! The tees and leather stays/jumps are very cool. And I am fascinated with the salt etching as well.

I think that salt etching has intrigued all of us!! So cool.......