[William Osman] decided to try two unorthodox approaches to the gingerbread construct; first, he opted to build a gingerbread mobile home. Secondly, he cut the pieces out with a laser cutter.

The idea is very simple, laminate a photograph onto some laser-cuttable board, and then run the laser over the outline of the pieces ... Once you’ve got the puzzle cut out, you can seal up ...

“This is the first craft laser because it’s really designed for the home crafting studio ... Those machines still cut and engrave bigger, thicker material 10 times as fast.