Frank Pellow Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) The majority of this project is not scroll sawing but there is a scroll-sawn element and that element is very important. This is a gift that I am going to give to my wife, Margaret, when she is in the hospital for removal of her thyroid on June 7th. The gift is going to be a framed tile of a Whisky Jack (known to most non-Canadians as a Gray Jay) entitled ‘Who’s Watching Whom’ and I am going to feature the title. (The tiles comes from Motawi Tileworks and it is based on art by Charlie Harper). To that end, I am cutting a title out of a little bit of the Wenge that I recently purchased. The colour and texture of the wood are both a good match for the tile. The font is an Arts and Crafts font that I found an example of on the internet and that I modified slightly. I think this would look good framed with some weathered cedar from the old play structure that I took down a couple of weeks ago. I used this mock-up to help me decide: I purchased the tile from Motawi Tileworks in Michigan and the artist is Charles Harper. I tried a few different stains in order to a get a good match for the ivory colour in the tile: This colour is to be used on the lettering’s backer board. I made the frame using a variation of my “standard” Rosseter-Pellow frame. Here is a photo: I’m fairly certain that Margaret is going to be surprised and happy with this gift. Edited July 6, 2019 by Frank Pellow barb.j.enders, amazingkevin, jollyred and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I have a Feeling she is gonna Love it.Beautiful work,Wishing her a Speedy recovery. Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 very nice Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 You are very creative. Very nice work! Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Nice. I'm sure it will be a hit. Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 You know her likes better than anyone! I can see her smiling from here upon receiving it!! Good job!!! Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I'm happy to be able to report that Margaret's operation appears to have been a success and that she was delighted with the gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Very well done,great to hear Margaret got along so well...Tell her we are happy for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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