Popular Post John B Posted January 1, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Just finished these 3 portraits. The 2 Nurse ones are by Heldas Botas and are for my sisters. Both are Nurses, one in Perth, the other in Mandurah. The truck is by Sam Custudio . I have a second one cut, but am waiting for felt for the backing. They are cut from 4mm Hoop Pine ply, 3mm mdf backer painted black. A3 size Frames are radiata Pine, the truck is natural, one of the others stained Rose Wood, the other Dark Mahogany. Cutting lacquered with 30% gloss and frames full gloss. There was another post with people discussing how they "hang" their works. so I have included picture of the rear of mine so you can see how I do it. Smudger, FrankEV, ChelCass and 18 others 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Very nicely done John. OCtoolguy and John B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 awesome work John B and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 The frame on the nurses has a very rich look, well done. OCtoolguy and John B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Great looking work John! John B and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Absolutely beautiful work. Your sisters are going to love them. The stretched wire for hanging paintings is a classic way and great for larger framed work. My only objection to that method is that the portrait tends to lean out from the wall at the top a little. Most of our framed portrait work is done in typical photo sizes (8x10, 11X14 or some variations near those sizes). And, most when cut in BB ply or similar, are rather light weight as we don't put our work under glass. A simple sawtooth hanger is most often more than enough and only requires a small brad nail in the wall to hang on. This method keeps the work flat against the wall for best viewing (IMHO). The swivel tabs to hold you work in the frame are great, but you must make the rabbet depth to match the thickness of the panel. I happent to use framing pins to hold the work in the frame so I make my rabbets deeper than the panel thickness. And, they are a lot easier and quicker to shoot in with the stapler like device. OCtoolguy and John B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Awesome, I love both patterns but the truck just pops a little more for me, have no idea why. Marg John B and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Very nicely done on both projects. OCtoolguy and John B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Awesome work John! John B and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Great job on everything. I'm especially fond of the nurse ones. I'm sure nobody going into nursing anticipated such a time as this. They deserve the "S" on their uniform. OCtoolguy and John B 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Gorgeous cutting and framing. Thank you for posting. John B and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 1/1/2021 at 2:07 AM, John B said: Just finished these 3 portraits. The 2 Nurse ones are by Heldas Botas and are for my sisters. Both are Nurses, one in Perth, the other in Mandurah. The truck is by Sam Custudio . I have a second one cut, but am waiting for felt for the backing. They are cut from 4mm Hoop Pine ply, 3mm mdf backer painted black. A3 size Frames are radiata Pine, the truck is natural, one of the others stained Rose Wood, the other Dark Mahogany. Cutting lacquered with 30% gloss and frames full gloss. There was another post with people discussing how they "hang" their works. so I have included picture of the rear of mine so you can see how I do it. Beautiful work Mate! John B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 1/1/2021 at 8:20 PM, Tomanydogs said: Very nicely done John. Thanks Irene, the nurses are a bit more difficult than they 1st seemed. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 1/1/2021 at 11:16 PM, oldhudson said: The frame on the nurses has a very rich look, well done. Thanks mate, I've always liked the dark red type timber. The truck was an experiment as there was a lot of black showing. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 12:02 AM, dgman said: Great looking work John! Thanks Dan OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 12:03 PM, wombatie said: Awesome, I love both patterns but the truck just pops a little more for me, have no idea why. Marg Thanks Marg, I am going to get some royal blue felt and try that as a backing for the 2nd one wombatie and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 @FrankEVthanyou OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Where did you get the nurses pattern? Nice work OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 11 hours ago, goldfish said: Where did you get the nurses pattern? Nice work From H.Botas Custom Wood Projects on facebook. Ithink this is the correct name as he rdcently changed his page. Heldas also has an Etsy page. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 10:46 PM, edward said: Very nicely done on both projects. Thanks Edward. Appreciated OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 10:53 PM, OzarkSawdust said: Awesome work John! Thanks heaps Gary OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 11:02 PM, Charlie E said: Great job on everything. I'm especially fond of the nurse ones. I'm sure nobody going into nursing anticipated such a time as this. They deserve the "S" on their uniform. Thanks Charlie, couldn't agree more mate, they deserve allthey can get and more. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 @Rockytime thanks Les OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted January 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 1/3/2021 at 10:06 AM, octoolguy said: Beautiful work Mate! Thanks Ray, will let you know what the reaction is when I give them to my Sisters OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 Found it thx John B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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