Add a Touch of Artistry With These Trending CNC-Cut Materials
There's an astonishing variety of materials that can be turned into exciting accent features for your home
Pooja Khanna Tyagi
10 April 2018
Houzz India Contributor. An Architect , Interior Designer, Valuer, a Marathon Runner, and love Writing Poetry and Creative Stories on Building Design. Have been practicing since the year 2000 with specialization in the field of Corporate Interiors with projects extensively published in journals of national repute. Recently honoured with the reputed A3 Foundation award for Journalism for the year 2016 an for architectural poetry in the year 2018. Currently practicing and residing in Delhi and Noida.
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In recent years, the technique of carving on different materials has evolved from manual cutting, which required skilled craftsmen, to CNC (computer numeric control) or computerised cutting. With state-of-the-art technology, one can effortlessly fabricate intricate designs with precision and accuracy at affordable cost. Today, CNC routers are being increasingly used to produce complex designs and patterns on home decor items like doors, wood panels, furniture, mouldings and so on.
Take a look at some popular CNC-cut materials that can make your home shine.
Take a look at some popular CNC-cut materials that can make your home shine.
1. Stone
Give your home a traditional old-world charm with stone jalis that have been a dominant feature in ancient forts, palaces and havelis for hundreds of years. Incorporate jalis or lattice-work in the form of exterior panels, semi-open windows, balcony railings or within the boundary walls to bring in partial views of the surroundings. This stone craft is very expensive and time-consuming if hand chiselled but CNC cutting machines have made this process much easier and cost-effective.
Here are reasons why you should bring jalis into your home
Give your home a traditional old-world charm with stone jalis that have been a dominant feature in ancient forts, palaces and havelis for hundreds of years. Incorporate jalis or lattice-work in the form of exterior panels, semi-open windows, balcony railings or within the boundary walls to bring in partial views of the surroundings. This stone craft is very expensive and time-consuming if hand chiselled but CNC cutting machines have made this process much easier and cost-effective.
Here are reasons why you should bring jalis into your home
2. Solid surface and WPC (wood polymer composite)
CNC routers are being widely used to thermoform (moulding of plastic-based materials) WPC and solid-surface materials. They efficiently create complex shapes or patterns that would have been difficult to achieve with hand crafting. These design elements work well as wall panels and room dividers or partitions.
CNC routers are being widely used to thermoform (moulding of plastic-based materials) WPC and solid-surface materials. They efficiently create complex shapes or patterns that would have been difficult to achieve with hand crafting. These design elements work well as wall panels and room dividers or partitions.
3. Metal
If you are fond of a high-end luxurious look, consider CNC-cut metal jalis. Just see how bold patterns in a metal mesh work as a feather-light visual demarcation; I’d like to call it embellished minimalism.
Browse through more images of metal lattice work
If you are fond of a high-end luxurious look, consider CNC-cut metal jalis. Just see how bold patterns in a metal mesh work as a feather-light visual demarcation; I’d like to call it embellished minimalism.
Browse through more images of metal lattice work
4. Veneers
In this space, a tree mural is CNC-cut from a veneer sheet and then fixed onto a flat wall panel having a similar veneer finish. It’s a great example of how simple details can impart so much elegance and richness into a space.
In this space, a tree mural is CNC-cut from a veneer sheet and then fixed onto a flat wall panel having a similar veneer finish. It’s a great example of how simple details can impart so much elegance and richness into a space.
5. MDF
Create a customised 3D effect on your wall with CNC-cut MDF (medium-density fibreboard) panels. The best part about these panels is that they look like wood but are comparatively cheaper than the real thing. Here, in this image, notice how the floral detail on a long blank wall instantly lifts up the space. Finish these MDF wall panels with paint or spray it with Duco, metallic finish and so on.
Create a customised 3D effect on your wall with CNC-cut MDF (medium-density fibreboard) panels. The best part about these panels is that they look like wood but are comparatively cheaper than the real thing. Here, in this image, notice how the floral detail on a long blank wall instantly lifts up the space. Finish these MDF wall panels with paint or spray it with Duco, metallic finish and so on.
One can incorporate texture and pattern with ready-to-install 3D MDF panels.
Tip: Avoid using MDF panels on walls that have seepage issues or in areas that are prone to moisture, as these panels may absorb moisture and swell.
Read more:
A Guide to Wall Panelling: Styles, Textures & Finishes
The Complete Guide to Polycarbonate Panels
Tell us:
Which CNC-cut material would you consider for your home decor? Share in Comments below.
Tip: Avoid using MDF panels on walls that have seepage issues or in areas that are prone to moisture, as these panels may absorb moisture and swell.
Read more:
A Guide to Wall Panelling: Styles, Textures & Finishes
The Complete Guide to Polycarbonate Panels
Tell us:
Which CNC-cut material would you consider for your home decor? Share in Comments below.
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