Custom Work

Laser engraving ยท 2025

Layered Wood Songbird

A freestanding bird made from thin flat pieces of pale wood stacked side by side. Each layer is a slightly different outline, so the head, breast, wing and tail step outward from the centre and the stack reads as a rounded body.

The parts are laser cut, which leaves a dark edge on every layer and draws the outline of the eye, wing and tail feathers.

Materials
Thin wood sheet
Process
Laser cut, layered and slotted together
Small bird figure made of stacked flat pale wood layers with dark cut edges, standing on slotted wood feet against a black backdrop, lit from the side.

Photos

  • The layered wood bird in side view on a bright white background, dark cap layer and three dark tail strips visible. Side view on white
  • The layered wood bird seen three-quarter from the front on a pale grey backdrop, showing the stack of layers across its breast. Three-quarter view showing the stacked layers
  • The layered wood bird in full side view on a pale grey backdrop, with the whole tail and both feet in frame. Whole figure with tail

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Music in the videos: "Almost Bliss", "Inspired", "Montauk Point", "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.