Here is how I make a Cayucos Lattice piece. It starts out digitally on a Galaxy tablet as a sketch. The sketch is opened in Inkscape to be drawn as an outline filled with black. After the drawing is completed it is saved as either an svg or dxf file to send to the laser cutter. I have used Custom Laser Specialty and Critical Laser in Lindon Utah and am currently looking for another outfit closer to home in the Salt Lake City area.
The ideas sketch was created with Infinite Painter on a Galaxy tablet.
The image was then brought into Inkscape where it was placed in the background and an outline drawing was traced over the drawing. I use the pen tool in Inkscape to draw the outline.
Here is the final outline with a black fill so I can see what the final design looks like. I then converted the svg file to a dxf file to send to a laser cutter establishment to cut from .5 inch plywood. This one was sent to Critical Laser in Lindon Utah where it was cut on a large industrial laser. Some of the larger pieces I had cut were out of a 4x8 foot sheet of .75 inch plywood which Critical Laser could easily handle.
The cut plywood being worked on using acrylic paint. The paint was brushed on and scraped and spread with old plastic cards.
The finished piece with hanging gear attached on the back.