Pre Wed Double Portrait

[Ninuninu]

Good day to all.

In Malta we have a sort of thing during wedding receptions to display a photo of the bride and groom which they took a short while before they got married.

Not being one to ever back down from a challenge and because I love cutting portraits I decided to do a cutting of our own pre-wed photo. Measuring 60 cm x 42 cm (about 24 x 17 inches) with a thickness of 6mm (1/4 inch) it is cut in solid steamed beach. Having about 1100 entry holes this is by far the largest and most complex piece that I have ever cut and i truly doubt that I will cut another to this detail. All in all it took me about 120 hours to complete as usual using my hand fret saw, (not scroll saw).

The last three photos are of me working on the cutting and holding the finished portrait to give an idea of the size. The saw I am using is my larger one which has a depth of about 45 cm (18 inches) because my regular one was way too small.

Thanks for having a look and great day to all.

 

Tony

 

 

 

 

 

[don in brooklin on]

WOW. That is absolutely beautiful.  Never seen such detail.

Thanks for posting.

 

[Fab4]

Hi Tony
Amazing, I would have had shaved before attempting this pattern, let alone the cutting...LOL
You sir, have move right up to the top of my "Insanity, at it's best" list -  That's a good thing
Well done, something to be proud of forever and ever
Fab4

[JimErn]

Beautiful work, both the pattern making and the cutting.

[Fish]

That is simply amazing.  Beautiful portrait.  I have never seen anything like that done with a hand saw.   That is a treasure for sure!  Simply amazing.  Artist is an understatement.  

[Scrolling Steve]

Awesome job !...Very nice work !

[Badgerboy]

By hand? Incredible!  But most importantly congratulations !

[planeur]

Incredible work Tony , so much details, beautiful ! And by hand only..... you just won the "Patience trophy"

Question : what is the smallest  drill  you use to make your entry holes ?

Thanks

planeur

Edited February 8, 2020 by planeur

[rdatelle]

Just amazing Tony.

[Foxfold]

Awesome  !!!!!

[Scrappile]

I'm almost at a loss for words!  That is an amazingly difficult portrait to cut even with a scroll saw.  With a fretsaw,,,,,, WOW!!  Very nice work.  A real treasure.

[rjweb]

Beautiful and you done this by hand, RJ 

[Denny Knappen]

A truly amazing piece.  Something that large and cut with a fret saw.  

[Charlie E]

Amazing piece Tony! You're in a class all by yourself!

[dgman]

Absolutely amazing work Tony! Question, do you use a spiral blades?

[Ninuninu]

8 hours ago, don in brooklin on said:

WOW. That is absolutely beautiful.  Never seen such detail.

Thanks for posting.

 

Thanks Don

Was quite a bit of detail in it.

Tony

[Ninuninu]

8 hours ago, Fab4 said:

Hi Tony
Amazing, I would have had shaved before attempting this pattern, let alone the cutting...LOL
You sir, have move right up to the top of my "Insanity, at it's best" list -  That's a good thing
Well done, something to be proud of forever and ever
Fab4

Thanks Fab4. Not the first time I've been called nuts when people have seen this. Shaving had crossed my mind but it wouldn't have been me, plus the missus would have had something to say about it too

Tony

 

 

[Ninuninu]

7 hours ago, JimErn said:

Beautiful work, both the pattern making and the cutting.

Thanks Jim

Tony

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Impressive to say the least but it is time to come over to the dark side and get a scrollsaw. You can do more of that type work and enjoy it. No shame in this. It is when you start using the CNC and laser machines that to me are not scrollsawing and just are cheating. Never was impressed with those using CNC and lasers. Yea those people talk about knowledge to set up machine but what the heck is that when it comes to hand eye coordination. Won't go into that here because no one will ever change my mind on that. Hopefully we can change your mind on a scrollsaw. That still requires hand eye coordination and is scrolling as is what you do. Very well done.  

[munzieb]

Absolutely stunning, especially using a fret saw. I've done a few portraits and the two hardest things to get right are the "light of eye" and HAIR! I imagine shaving is out of the question but have you ever considered combining pyrography with scroll saw?

[Jim McDonald]

That is an absolutely fantastic cutting. So much detail and depth of the image.

[OzarkSawdust]

Absolutely stunning Tony!! 

[Scrappile]

1 hour ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said:

Impressive to say the least but it is time to come over to the dark side and get a scrollsaw. You can do more of that type work and enjoy it. No shame in this. It is when you start using the CNC and laser machines that to me are not scrollsawing and just are cheating. Never was impressed with those using CNC and lasers. Yea those people talk about knowledge to set up machine but what the heck is that when it comes to hand eye coordination. Won't go into that here because no one will ever change my mind on that. Hopefully we can change your mind on a scrollsaw. That still requires hand eye coordination and is scrolling as is what you do. Very well done.  

Cheating?!,,,, I would bet maybe Tony, thinks all of us using fancy electric scroll saws, with variable  speed, quick change clamps, stay up top arms...etc.,,, are the ones cheating,,,,

Edited February 8, 2020 by Scrappile

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

2 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Cheating?!,,,, I would bet maybe Tony, thinks all of us using fancy electric scroll saws, with variable  speed, quick change clamps, stay up top arms...etc.,,, are the ones cheating,,,,

Yea but we can say we are scrollsawing. Using a laser to cut the same pattern there is no way you can say you were scrollsawing. I would not have the patients to do fret work with a fret saw for sure. That was my point. Yea I bet he thinks we are cheating too. 

[Gordon 121]

I have seen a lot of stunning work on this site but you my friend are in a league of your own, stunning work, you and your good lady should very proud of it. 

Gordon