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  • Danger Zone Earrings: Engraved Trolase

    Engraving the vector SCP warning label geometry into yellow-on-black Trolase reduces the handwork to wiping off the dust:

    SCP Earrings - Trolase - engraving
    SCP Earrings – Trolase – engraving

    The alert reader will note two missing holes due to an unfortunate oversight while rearranging the layout. One can adroitly fix such errors if the cut shapes don’t move, which is how it worked out:

    SCP Earrings - Trolase
    SCP Earrings – Trolase

    With the obverse done, another fixture aligns them for a branding pass on the reverse:

    SCP Earrings - Trolase - branding
    SCP Earrings – Trolase – branding

    This is starting to make sense in a peculiar sort of way …