Ninuninu Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ever since I first picked up a fret saw in 2016 I have always been fascinated with portraits. I have always strived for a greater likeness and have had to refine my pattern making techniques to give greater detail to a cutting. Here are a couple that I cut a while ago for your viewing... The first, my friends' sister who alas is no longer with us and has passed on. The second, another friend of mine who graciously gave me a photo of herself to try a very simple cutting without too much detail involved to see if I could still get the likeness. Thanks and have a great day folks! Tony frankorona, new2woodwrk, Scrolling Steve and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Nice work - thanks for sharing them Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackman Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 I would say you have it figured out very well! The second one is about the least amount of detail and still have a great likeness of the person. I like the patterns that have great details and also the simple to the point patterns. Glad there are people who can do pattern making. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 very nice work Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Very impressive Tony! Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Both very well done. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 6 hours ago, trackman said: I would say you have it figured out very well! The second one is about the least amount of detail and still have a great likeness of the person. I like the patterns that have great details and also the simple to the point patterns. Glad there are people who can do pattern making. Thanks Delvaughn Sometimes we can get lost in the detail and it is refreshing to get a pattern that is simple but at the same time a good likeness. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Both well done. Excellent patterns and very well cut. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon 121 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 you did the a great job of catching the likeness in both photos well done Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 They both look great. Who did the patterns. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, rdatelle said: They both look great. Who did the patterns. Thanks Ralph. They are both my patterns. I only cut portraits that I make the patterns for Tony rdatelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Both great looking portraits. You have done them so well. The second portrait is an uncanny likeness. Good job! Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Those both look great and the likenesses are spot on. I'm a fan of both detailed and minimalistic patterns. Done well both can be very impressive. Good job! Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 Beautiful patterns and awesome cutting Tony. Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 I guess that you would also have o make patterns that your fret saw can handle, is that correct? The second one does not need any detail, you nailed it perfectly. Well done on both portraits. Marg Ninuninu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Rockytime said: Both great looking portraits. You have done them so well. The second portrait is an uncanny likeness. Good job! Thanks Les. The second one did come out rather good. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Charlie E said: Those both look great and the likenesses are spot on. I'm a fan of both detailed and minimalistic patterns. Done well both can be very impressive. Good job! Thanks Charlie Sometimes when given a photo I am at a loss if I should go with minimalistic or full out detail and it is only when I am doing the actual pattern that I can get an inkling of what i should do. Have to admit though, this time I purposely went with as little detail as possible. Tony Charlie E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Ron Johnson said: Beautiful patterns and awesome cutting Tony. Thanks Ron. Am still trying to make my patterns better. My wife is my greatest critic and has sometimes when showing her a finished pattern she has told me to throw it away and start again She would be right though and when looking at the first and second. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 6 hours ago, wombatie said: I guess that you would also have o make patterns that your fret saw can handle, is that correct? The second one does not need any detail, you nailed it perfectly. Well done on both portraits. Marg Thanks Marg Yes that is correct. Using my normal fret saw which has a reach of only 11 1/2 inches can be a BIG pain in the neck and for a long while I had to limit myself to smaller pieces. It stands to reason that when doing small portraits the details also get smaller so I had another 2 saws manufactured, one with an 18 inch reach and the other 32 inches, (but that one is so heavy I hardly ever use it because of the weight and also the reach of my own arm makes it very difficult to maneuver). Because of this drawback the biggest portrait that I have ever cut was about 24 by 17 inches and very detailed. I will post a pic of this soon. Regarding the same problem I had also tried spiral blades but because of the slow speed of cutting by hand and not motorized the blades were ripping the wood rather than cutting so had to give that a miss. I normally use size 2 blades but when things get really intricate I scale it down to 0/2 blades. Hope this puts things into a little perspective Tony wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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