Laser Cutting for Colleges & Universities

Is there a printmaking process or book form you’re teaching that you’d like to incorporate with laser cutting? Let’s collaborate!

Sarah PikeFebruary 25, 2021laser cutting, laser cut, laser engraving, printmaking, colleges, universities, remote learning, hybrid learning, zoom, workshops, artist book, artist books, University of Alabama, Millersville University, waterless lithography, letterpress, lithography

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

How air becomes water

Learn about Carrie Scanga’s latest instillation SANCTUARY that includes 76, 11 foot laser cut panels.

Sarah PikeJanuary 24, 2020laser cut, laser cutting, laser cutter, carrie scanga, studio sessions, artit, instillation, university of new england, contemporary art

AlieNation / SepaRation

Maureen Cummins’ talks about her latest artist book AlieNation / SepaRation.

Sarah PikeSeptember 3, 2019Maureen Cummins, laser cut, lasercutting, laser engraving, artist books, refugees, Syria, Iraq

Engraving Acrylic Slipcases

Laser engraving acrylic to create a sandblasted look.

Sarah PikeSeptember 3, 2019sandblasted, laser cut, laser cutting, laser engraving, Maureen Cummins, artist books, bookbinding, slipcase, SmallCorp, refugees, Syria, Iraq

Bringing leather & wood together

Learn how laser cut leather and wood veneer take inlay and marquetry to the next level.

Sarah PikeMay 1, 2019laser cut, lasercutting, furniture, woodworking, inlay, ma, leather, furniture conservation, furniture maker, J Hewit & Sons, laser engraving

Laser-Litho

Learn what laser cutters and lithography can do together.

Sarah PikeMarch 22, 2019lithography, laser cut, laser cutting, laser engraving, freefalllaser, sgcinternational, sgci2019, printmaking, print, stonelithography

Plato and the laser cutter

Take a look at the laser cut box made for Sarah Bryant’s new artist book The Radiant Republic.

Sarah PikeJanuary 19, 2019artist books, laser cut, woodworking, SarahBryant, Codex, lasercutting, Plato

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.