Portfolio / Laser Engraved Scissors

In lieu of the traditional holiday card, each year the design firm Alexander Isley Inc. sends out a far more memorable holiday gift (see for example, this project). For 2013, the item of choice was a sturdy pair of scissors. We were tasked with finding a way to engrave the scissors with the line: “Alexander Isley Inc.: Useful & Sharp”.

While materials such as wood and plastic can easily be laser engraved, cutting and engraving metal requires a very different setup than our 100 watt CO2 laser. Instead, we use a process called laser marking or laser bonding where a marking solution is applied to the object and then the laser is used to fuse the artwork to the metal.

Once we bonded the text to the scissors with the laser, they went back to Alexander Isley Inc. where they were neatly packaged with a note and a brief “Ode to a Scissors” (for a larger version of the image with the text, click here).

Images of the assembled scissors along with its packaging were provided by Alexander Isley Inc.