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In 2003 Liam UiCearbhaill started making dies for Quick Silver Mint, a jeweler who offers custom coins and medallions. In the intervening years he has made a variety of dies for a variety of customers using Type3 by Vision Numeric. Here are some samples of the dies that Liam has produced showing different types of dies as well as different methods.


This die was developed for a customer in the Caribbean from a simple line drawing.

 


Here is a 3D design developed from a simple pen and ink drawing for Quick Silver Productions.

 

 

This stamp was developed for METALfx from drafting artwork

 


 

This owl was digitized from a plastic mold made from a wax carving.

 


In the case of this tiger for Quick Silver Mint there was a bit more involved.

The tiger was carved in wax by the client and a plastic mold was drawn from the carving. Here is a digitized version of the mold.

 

 


 

Here stripes and whiskers to the artwork have been added.

 

 

 

Here the tiger has been extracted from the background using Type3.

 


 

Finally, the client wanted leaves added for framing.

 

 


Contact Information:

Liam UiCearbhaill
MacAmergin Press
889 S. Main St., PMB 209
Willits, CA 95490
(707) 459-2470
info@macamergin.com

 

 

 

 

Rates:

$35/hr including cleanup of artwork for conversion and file editing time in Type3

Deliverable:

Type3 .VND file ready for a machining file to be made by your postprocessor