Brass dies and stamping for TTapiza
Contract manufacture
Industry and manufacturing
Moulds, templates and tooling
Engraving and marking, Cleaning and stripping, Stamping and embossing
Brass, Faux leather
The project
For TTapiza, we manufactured brass dies and stamped the designs onto faux leather. The work brought together tooling production and its application, from engraving the metal to creating a recessed impression in the material’s surface.
The small characters informed the choice of process. Rather than CNC machining, described in the project account as the usual method for this type of die, we explored deep engraving with a 50 W fibre laser to reproduce the details of the design.
Production combined adjustments to power, speed and frequency with multiple passes to engrave deeply into the brass and form the die’s relief. The final passes used lower power to give the die a cleaner finish. This engraving and finishing sequence was part of the tooling manufacture itself.
Once the dies had been engraved, we used them in our stamping machine. We adjusted the temperature to deboss the design into the faux leather. The results include the ‘TT’ and ‘TTapiza’ marks on rectangular pieces in orange and brown tones, alongside the dies used for stamping.
The die and the stamped impression are the two parts of the work: the raised brass design creates a recessed mark in the faux leather.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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