spirithorse Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Has anyone cut a pattern by Sue Mey that she titled Guardian Angel of Matrimony?https://www.scrollsawartist.com/guardian-angel-of-matrimony-en.html I was wondering if the wings have to be bent to go around the bride and groom or am I seeing an optical illusion? Thanks and God Bless! Spirithorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Bob, from the looks of the picture, I thin they are bent. But if the people are cut out of 1/4" or even 1/2" and the wings were 1/8" stock, they would easily bend that far. I have not cut it, so take it for what it is worth. The pattern will tell you or email Sue and she will. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 I just looked a a post that a Kevin posted last week. He cut that pattern. Looks like an optical illusion as on the pattern, the wings are painted. This makes it look like they are wrapped around the people. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 I have a lot of Sue Mey patterns and I have never seen one that any kind of bending involved. Although her patterns are exception, they are also straight forward, easy and nothing anyone should be able to cut. I think you probably could contact with that question and she would probably get back to you with an answer.. My bet would be 'NO", as far as a curve goes Dick heppnerguy OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 These pictures help at all... I'm not really understanding your question.. but this pictures are from my etsy page.. last picture is of a custom order one where I added the date.. OCtoolguy, new2woodwrk, OzarkSawdust and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Very nice Kevin! I love the different poses. kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Thank you Dan, OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Well Kevin's picture answers the question and I stand corrected. Beautiful piece, @kmmcrafts (Kevin). OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1939 Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 IF you intend to paint the wings, and if you are using 1/8" or 1/4", would sure seem easier to cut as 2 pieces and paint the wings before attaching. jerry OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 16 hours ago, kmmcrafts said: These pictures help at all... I'm not really understanding your question.. but this pictures are from my etsy page.. last picture is of a custom order one where I added the date.. Those are really neat Kevin. One thing though that I noticed is that the wing in the background should show up more between the couple. It appears to be "cut off" as it goes behind the bride and shows up again after passing behind the groom. Is that a mistake? Some small part of it should still be view-able between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, octoolguy said: Those are really neat Kevin. One thing though that I noticed is that the wing in the background should show up more between the couple. It appears to be "cut off" as it goes behind the bride and shows up again after passing behind the groom. Is that a mistake? Some small part of it should still be view-able between them. I just followed the pattern Ray.. It's how it was designed... Sue shows on her site where they painted the wings.. I'm not much for painting wood myself.. but I think it looks okay painted too I suppose.. I will say.. this looks like it'd be quite solid of a piece.. but they do break quite easily.. I've broke more than one of these over the years... The whole thing is pretty flexible after cutting out those long wings.. The wing on the right the very outside edge cutout.. long sweeping cutout.. I've had break.. either near the bottom on the brides side down by the lower dress area... I'm thinking she didn't cut more out on the other wing because it's already pretty fragile for such a larger cutting.. the angel is about 11" tall.. barely fits on the sheet of paper when printing it out.. https://www.scrollsawartist.com/guardian-angel-of-matrimony-en.html EDIT To add.. Maybe a better way to make this would be to stack cut from thin wood and glue a backer on.. I honestly don't think it'd look very good cut from any thin piece without a backer.. I believe Sue recommended 3/4" wood for this... But that it only a recommendation... I often cut stuff thin and add backers etc.. Also could be a nice hanging piece without the base etc.. It's also quite fragile up around the face of the angel area.. and I wouldn't think hanging with a ribbon through the hair cutouts by the angels face would be a good idea unless it was plywood where it has a little more strength.. Edited January 20, 2020 by kmmcrafts OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, kmmcrafts said: I just followed the pattern Ray.. It's how it was designed... Sue shows on her site where they painted the wings.. I'm not much for painting wood myself.. but I think it looks okay painted too I suppose.. I will say.. this looks like it'd be quite solid of a piece.. but they do break quite easily.. I've broke more than one of these over the years... The whole thing is pretty flexible after cutting out those long wings.. The wing on the right the very outside edge cutout.. long sweeping cutout.. I've had break.. either near the bottom on the brides side down by the lower dress area... I'm thinking she didn't cut more out on the other wing because it's already pretty fragile for such a larger cutting.. the angel is about 11" tall.. barely fits on the sheet of paper when printing it out.. https://www.scrollsawartist.com/guardian-angel-of-matrimony-en.html EDIT To add.. Maybe a better way to make this would be to stack cut from thin wood and glue a backer on.. I honestly don't think it'd look very good cut from any thin piece without a backer.. I believe Sue recommended 3/4" wood for this... But that it only a recommendation... I often cut stuff thin and add backers etc.. Also could be a nice hanging piece without the base etc.. It's also quite fragile up around the face of the angel area.. and I wouldn't think hanging with a ribbon through the hair cutouts by the angels face would be a good idea unless it was plywood where it has a little more strength.. I realize you are just following the pattern Kevin but do you see what I mean? If it's all made out of one piece of wood why not add that little bit so that the back side angel wing "flows" to the groom side? That's all. You've done a great job on these. I'm not trying to take away from that. kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, octoolguy said: I realize you are just following the pattern Kevin but do you see what I mean? If it's all made out of one piece of wood why not add that little bit so that the back side angel wing "flows" to the groom side? That's all. You've done a great job on these. I'm not trying to take away from that. I do see what you mean.. I never really noticed it until you brought it to my attention though, LOL OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 hours ago, octoolguy said: I realize you are just following the pattern Kevin but do you see what I mean? If it's all made out of one piece of wood why not add that little bit so that the back side angel wing "flows" to the groom side? That's all. You've done a great job on these. I'm not trying to take away from that. Ray, I think you are thinking to hard!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, dgman said: Ray, I think you are thinking to hard!! Somebody had to do it. It's really hard on my wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Thanks for all the replies everybody and@kmmcrafts the pics did help. My original question was, for example, was it designed to cut the bride and groom out of 1/2" for example and cut the wings as a separate piece out of 1/8" and then slide the wings so they wrap around the bodies. God Bless! Spirithorse kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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