Around the corner Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 A idea came to me the other day as I was working out looking at one of my pictures hanging there of my friends and how we still get together all of us except one rest his soul. I decided to do a portrait in wood for all 7 of us left and to give one to each when we get together again.Was supposed to be at christmas but with each having their own life with families well maybe summer.This project was the biggest photo to do yet topping off my last one of 5 .Every face was a challenge and with a printer that only did half of shot had to split picture and make a pattern of each side while keeping same size of each body was a daunting task .Had to do some hand drawing in of portrait of faces as neither gimp nor coyote picked up every detail. I managed to get all seven done with about 380 holes in each.Then the frame was next to acomodate this size of pattern as I wasnt going to buy all these frames so I found some old oak flooring I saved and cut and shaved down and found a plastic template to make outside edge of frame lucked out with exact number of curves , then cut some old kitchen cubboard doors I had in junk down to size and brushed some black paint for backround and glued together.All in all I think I wrapped up about a week of time from planning to assembly so all in all the group I hang around with all these years will get a piece of me and over the next years something to see how we all have aged. My next project will hopefully be smaller.Always a challenge to scroll though and very rewarding! keefie, LarB, lawson56 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Damian a great idea and I like the frame design as well,great work. Roly Around the corner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hi Damian: Nicely done I think I saw this posse on America's Most Wanted It might have been on Cops too Keep up the great work Fab4 LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the corner Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 That's hilarious Fab4 and thanks you two for viewing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 That is quite the tribute to your friends, Damian!.....Very well done !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 A job Very well done.I have tried to do plaques and patterns with four or more in the past,just didn't look good.Yours came out Great! :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Damian, that is a nice tribute. Well done and will be appreciated for sure. Which one is you? I'll guess ... front row, second from the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Everybody sittin in high cotton there.Great looking bunch of close friends hangin out! You work in patterning is impeccable.Excellent cutting and your trial and error frame makes my day! Now i know what to do with some wood i just got .5 atta boys here for you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Fabulous work from start to finish Damian. A priceless gift that will be treasured by all your friends. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the corner Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks all for the replies like the old saying goes one mans junk is another mans goldmine. Saving wood for later does come in handy eventually . I'll have to get looking at all your projects as I have been busy and haven't had time to see all the talent here peoples work still astonishes me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 who can't love receiving a piece as great and memorable as this one of friends Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 You did an exceptional job on the pattern alone, I bet the cutting was the easy part. Congratulations you did a terrific job from beginning to end. :thumbs: Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Well done. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 What a great idea Damian. This will be something that will be treasured for a long long time. Well done! Thanks for sharing this with us DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankorona Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Fantastic work, very well done, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the corner Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks all. I always find the design the hardest because till I find one program that I am comfortable with and something better than a mouse hours spent hand drawing lines cutting can be time consuming but when it's all done you say to yourself wow finally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Excellent - say the photograph and wondering if the bottle of beer would appear in the cutting; glad you were true to the photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefie Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 What a great Idea, and nicely done too, good pattern and very nice cutting - they will treasure them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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