One Shot To Get It Right!

Laser cutting into a bound book! How crazy is that?!

Sarah PikeMarch 15, 2021bookbinder, lasercut, lasercutting, laserengraving, artistbook, artistbooks, bookbinding, robinbrandes, freefalllaser, davidesslemont, solementespress

Don Widmer's Flag Book

See Don Widmer's laser cut and letterpress flag book, which explores visual perception through shifting panels of intricately cut shapes.

Sarah PikeNovember 12, 2020lasercut, lasercutting, flagbook, artistbooks, artistbook, printmaking, letterpress, bookbinder, bookbinding, ettyhillesum, julianstanczak, geometry

Leather Onlay

Learn how Erin Fletcher used laser cut leather and paper to create this stunning onlay edition binding for the The Grolier Club.

Sarah PikeApril 28, 2020erin-fletcher, laser-cutting, laser-cut, bookbinding, bookbinder, artist-book, the-grolier-club, 500-years-of-womens-work, leather, leather-onlay, inlay, leather-work, bespoke, cowboy-boots, embroidery

Engraving Japanese Paper

Learn how to laser engrave Japanese paper. Using delicate settings the laser cutter can be set to engrave the faintest whisper onto paper or pushed to the edge, engraving away all but a few fibers.

Sarah PikeMarch 25, 2020laser cut, laser engraving, laser cutter, laser cutting, freefalllaser, artist, artist books, bookbinder, papermaker, printmaking

New Techniques for Bookbinders

For the last two months, bookbinder Peter Geraty and I have been meeting on Sunday afternoons to experiment with new laser-cutting applications for bookbinders in preparation for the Guild of Book Workers conference

Sarah PikeSeptember 1, 2018artist books, bookbinder, guild of book workers, Standards, leather, laser cutting, laser cut, laser engraving, freefall laser, peter geraty

Adventures in Laser Cutting

The fine art of laser cutting services in wood, paper, acrylic, fabric, leather, and much more.

FreeFall Laser is located in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, convenient to Boston and New York City, as well as to Troy and Albany, New York, and Northampton, Massachusetts. I work remotely with clients across the country.