my project

this is the image i built my digital file over top of

more inspiration

i forgot to take screenshots while doing much of my line work :(

i unfortunately forgot the gills on the other side of the axolotl :( and wouldn't realize until i had cut out my project

i tried to model a frame

i was having trouble getting the little wavy bits to snap on where i wanted to for some reason

eventually i got it

i worked on separting my frame bits for cutting

but i forgot i needed holes for magnets :(

adding in the magnets

all added, but it wasn't until i cut that i realized i needed two layers with magnet holes and only one with the plain frame. had to cut that part extra after

i also cut a top layer out of scrap veneer, i only ended up using the corner bits in the end though

here's the puzzle pieces

i started gluing together frame pieces

putting them together with the acrylic sheets

put in the magnets

had the top and bottom