The spring 2019 semester was ending, which meant that my time as a peer mentor was also approaching its end. I wanted to make something for Shelly that showed her how much I appreciated her, so I decided to make her a picture frame with a picture of the peer mentors in it.
Design
I used the "perfect polaroid picture" template on Glowforge's website as a guide. The picture that I wanted to use was 4"x6", so I needed to adjust the size of the frame. Unfortunately, I could not simply stretch the width of the frame because of the living hinge on the back. However, I learned that you could actually download an extension that allows you to create living hinges in Inkscape.
In order to customize the picture frame even more, I decided to include the signatures of each of the peer mentors on the back of the frame. I had each person write their signature on a piece of paper, which I scanned and imported into Inkscape. I had never tried to etch anything that I drew or wrote, so this part was pretty exciting.
Cutting
I reached out to Lauren Siegel from MathHappens who generously allowed me to use her laser cutter. We had to make some adjustments before cutting the frame, but it turned out great!
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