We teach the art-to-part process—from conceptual design through final product. We use Artcam to help teach this philosophy by allowing the students to design two and three-dimensional CAD data from pictures and digital drawings, followed by manufacturing using CNC, lasers, and EDM methods. Artcam helps bridge the gap between art and part. It’s been my experience that most graphic artists are less familiar with manufacturing processes and most manufacturers are less familiar with graphic arts. Students produce a wide variety of projects to help bridge that gap and also to remind them that there is more to manufacturing than automotive.

Poster board laser cut and raster printed.	Acrylic plaque laser engraved. Wood base and inlays CNC machined.
USMC emblem rough machined.	USMC emblem finish machined.
Eagles logo vectorized and machined.	Fender logo vectorized and machined.

Intarsia example.	Intarsia example.
Intarsia examples are made from woods that are laser cut twice from contrasting boards and interchanged for impact.
Maple letters laser cut from maple wood.	Letters inlaid into pockets in fingerboard.
Leadership Macomb logo raster printed.	Oval shapes laser cut from 3x2' sheet.
Detroit Bros logo developed from picture.	3D model from Artcam.