Free Aspire Project - The Shoe Butler

This month's free project created by Michael Tyler is an attractive container for organizing your shoe polishing items.

This customizable storage box provides an appealing location to keep your shoe care supplies, with a rotating up/down handle and two dowel-hinged lids for convenient access to either side.

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Events:

User Group Meeting 2011

The Official Vectric User Group Meeting is now only 2 weeks away. There are still a few seats available but registration closes the 3rd October, so we urge those who are hoping to attend to book today so you don't miss out.

During this year's User Group Meeting, the Vectric team will showcase Aspire 3.5 and VCarve Pro 6.5, as well as provide 'How-To' presentations designed to improve knowledge and productivity, coupled with a unique opportunity for attendees to network with each other and the Vectric staff.

Vectric & Vector Art 3D Merger Complete:

Vectric and Vector Art 3D are delighted to announce that the merger of the two companies is now complete.

Brian Moran, Managing Director of Vectric, and James Booth, President of Vector Art 3D, signed official documents earlier this week to formalize the agreement.

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Design & Carve Western Scenes:

The latest Design & Carve Western Scenes disc is now available to purchase through the Vectric website! Existing Aspire customers can purchase the disc individually or for new customers it can also be bought in combination with Aspire.

As with the Wildlife Scenes disk, the new Western Scenes disk works exclusively with Aspire 3. As with its predecessor it comes packed with over $1000 worth of clip art, 7+ hours of video tutorials with supplementary files, and over 20 bonus finished layouts included.

For purchasing options click here or to learn more about the Western Scenes Disc click here

Case Studies:

Michael Schwartz Design

Michael Schwartz is a visual artist that specializes in studio (art) furniture and accessory pieces.

In this case study Michael explains how Vectric's Aspire software has enabled him to populate his Gallery & Wood studio with some unique pieces including his VCarve Inlay corporate emblem.
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"The ease of use of Vectric software is simply unparalleled.", Michael Schwartz

User Showcase:

Design & Carve Western Scenes Belt Buckle

As soon as forum member 'Penman' bought Design & Carve's Western Scenes disc, he wasted no time putting the artwork to great use. This 12" x 9" Belt Buckle, made from NZ Rimu, took 4 hours of machining and hand sanding to create. You can discover more images and information about his fantastic piece over on the Vectric forum.

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Sun & Moon Texture Carved Bowl

Aspire veteran, Tim Hornshaw (forum member 'Turtle49') recently impressed the Vectric community with this striking Sun & Moon Textured Carved Bowl. The piece was machined out of Cherry and Walnut, measures 16" x 10" x 3", and was modelled entirely with Aspire adopting Tim's hand carved texture tutorial which is readily available on the Vectric forum.

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