Indiana map, cut to the state line
Indiana is basketball, racing and college towns. A laser cut Indiana map can be the Speedway oval, a campus grid, a northern lake, or a simple state ornament with a heart on the hometown.
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Places in Indiana people ask for
What sells in Indiana
College towns carry Indiana. IU in Bloomington, Purdue in West Lafayette and Notre Dame in South Bend each have fans far outside the state. A tight campus city street map with a heart on the dorm, the stadium or the chapel is a graduation and anniversary gift.
Racing is its own crowd. The Speedway oval is one of the few race tracks people know by shape. A map of the town of Speedway with the track in the middle makes a strong piece for race fans and Indy locals.
Northern Indiana has a lot of lakes. Wawasee, Lake Maxinkuckee and the Steuben County lakes around Angola have generations of summer families. Zoom in to their shore. If the Studio has survey data, a lake depth map adds the drop-offs.
Basketball is the other religion. Small-town gyms and high school rivalries run deep, and a hometown map with the school marked is a gift for a coach, a team parent or a championship reunion. It is a niche, but one that orders in groups, which suits a small shop cutting in batches.
Making a laser cut Indiana ornament
Indiana is a tall rectangle with a wavy bottom where the Ohio River forms the southern border, and a sliver of Lake Michigan at the top left. Inside, at 4 in, use I-65 from Gary through Indianapolis to Louisville, I-69 up to Fort Wayne, I-70 across the middle, and the Wabash River. A star on Indianapolis, a heart on the hometown.
Indiana is also a good state for a "crossroads" design: the interstates all meet in Indianapolis, which makes the city an obvious center point. Keep the lines thin and the hub reads like a wheel.
Backer colors follow the school: crimson, old gold and black, or navy and gold. A plain dark walnut works for everyone else.
Keep the pins small so the interstate hub at Indianapolis still reads.
Questions makers ask
Can I make a map of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
Yes. Search Speedway, Indiana and zoom so the oval fills the frame. The track shape shows up from street and land data and engraves cleanly.
What fits inside a 4 in Indiana ornament?
The main interstates meeting in Indianapolis, the Wabash River, and a heart on the hometown. More than that gets crowded.
Can I map a northern Indiana lake?
Yes. Search the lake and zoom to your stretch of shore. Where the Studio has depth survey data, it splits into levels you can stack.
Keep going
Places to mapState mapsA US state outline as the shape of the piece, with highways, lakes and a heart on the home town.
Pieces to makeMap ornamentsA 4 in layered hometown ornament with a name and a year. The map most customers buy first.
GuideWhy Map Ornaments Sell (and How to Make the Math Work)Why map ornaments sell comes down to three things: a place carries a memory, the wood costs pennies, and the season does your marketing for you. Here is the math, the calendar and the ornament ideas to sell, plus the one part of the job that quietly eats your profit.Cut your first Indiana piece.
Pick Indiana as the frame, drop in the hometown, and see it in 3D before the laser does.
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