Cutting the cheese like Marilyn Monroe
Last week I visited the Fab Lab Barcelona at the Institute for Advanced Architecture in Spain!
They did a nice workshop with my students where they showed us how to scan your head, make a cast, and then mold chocolates in the shape of your head! Here is a tutorial on that process
I was inspired to try to do some culinary experiments in our lab.
Since it was lunch time, I went out and got some bread, ham and cheese.
First I tried to cut the cheese like Marilyn Monroe.
It did not come out the way I’d hoped. The laser melted the provolone and then when it cooled down, it congealed back together and to the wood platform below:
I’m going to experiment with different cheeses and settings on the laser cutter.
I also tried to etch a picture of my face into toast. Obviously the I need to tweak the settings to get this to work. Also, I’m not sure how to get the focus right since bread is so porous. I can focus on the top of the bread. But it seems to me that 90% of the surface is below the top in the air bubbles. I’ll have to keep experimenting with this because I know it’s possible. I think if I turn down the power on the laser, I can get more detail.
Here is the source image:
In the end I got hungry and made a sandwich.
