Ice Sculpture Inc Explains Why ArtCAM Leads The Way In Ice Carving

Ice Sculpture Inc Explains Why ArtCAM Leads The Way In Ice Carving

Ice Sculpture Inc. was founded by Jim Duggan who was part of the team that came in fourth place in the multi-block realistic category in the Ice Art World Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska. The company began using computer numerical control (CNC) ice carving equipment from its early days in business with the goal of producing more accurate and realistic ice sculpture designs in less time...



Iceculture Inc Deliver Consistent Products in Less Time

Iceculture Inc Deliver Consistent Products in Less Time

Iceculture, Inc. is one of the world’s largest ice carving companies with a staff of 50. In the past, the company designed its creations in the traditional way, by hand, and then cut and assembled ice blocks to form the final project. More recently, Iceculture has invested in ArtCAM software, which is used by its team of designers to define the complete ice sculpture as a computer model. The model is later converted to computer numerical control (CNC) code that drives an ice router to create each of the pieces needed to bring the designer’s conception to life...



Pewter Castings Company W.T Wilson

Pewter Castings Company W.T Wilson

W. T. Wilson Inc., based in Rhode Island, USA, has been creating custom mould making and detailed pewter castings for wholesale, retail and speciality stores since 1972. However, like any well established company, it needed to invest in the latest technology to remain competitive...



Cottage Woodworkers Get Fruity

Cottage Woodworkers Get Fruity

For the past 28 years, Stephen Mosher, owner of Cottage Woodworkers in Nova Scotia, Canada, has been knee deep in sawdust: turning pencil sketches and pieces of maple, cherry and walnut wood into dining room tables, wardrobes and beds. Working with a combination of wood grains, he creates unique and affordable high quality furniture...



Tibetan Buddhist art with Peter Griffin

Tibetan Buddhist art with Peter Griffin

Over the past 25 years, Peter and his wife Denise Griffin have become internationally recognized sculptors of Tibetan Buddhist iconography. Their training began at the Camberwell School of Art in London and then later continued under the guidance of Tibetan master statue makers in India and Nepal. A further 10 years was then spent living and working in Asia and the US before they decided to return to England to establish their own sculpting house, Griffin Studios...



Falcontec's rotary foiling and embossing dies

Falcontec's rotary foiling and embossing dies

Falcontec, a UK based manufacturer of rotary foiling and embossing tools understands that given today’s current economic climate, a strong competitive edge is required to compete in such a challenging and international marketplace...



Northmeade CNC talks freelance engraving

Northmeade CNC talks freelance engraving

Founded in April 2006, Northmeade CNC provides a confidential freelance ArtCAM programming service that specialises in embossing dies and hot foiling dies for Greetings Card and Packaging industries. Owner and founder, Paul Seddon began his career as a traditional hand engraver. However after 4 years within the trade both Paul and his employers recognised ArtCAM’s potential to transfer hand cutting skills seamlessly into CNC programming...



Freeman 打造 "博物館驚魂夜" 刻寫板

Freeman 打造 "博物館驚魂夜" 刻寫板

"博物館驚魂夜" is a major box-office success – the 6th highest grossing movie of 2009 and the 180th ever after only 27 days in release. The most important prop in the movie is the Tablet of Ahkmenrah which, when its dials are set to the proper combination, brings the exhibits in the museum to life. Andy Freeman, an independent prop designer and builder based in London, England used Delcam’s ArtCAM to convert the studio designer’s conception into a mathematically precise, functional and manufacturable reality...



Custom Acrylic & Graphic Spider

Custom Acrylic & Graphic Spider

Custom Acrylic, and sister company Graphic Spider, Los Angeles, CA, design and produce acrylic awards, plaques, corporate awards, engraving, sports display cases, and etched awards. Designs are often unique, and customers want ‘something special’ with every order. Add to that short turnaround times, and you may have an idea of the pressure the company faces every day...



Change Brings New Beginnings And Opportunity

Change Brings New Beginnings And Opportunity

Classic Design & Manufacturing was born of the vision of Mike Sheehan, a true craftsman who has been creating distinctive signs for over 20 years. The combination of old world design with today’s technology and artistic vision lead to an outstanding business that produces exquisite and flawless designs, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. It takes a certain spirit to give up a lucrative career and dive headfirst into a new industry, but that’s exactly the scenario that gave birth to one of the top U.S sign companies...