A couple of Eagles

[flarud]

These are Sue Mey patterns that I slightly modified.  They both are about 13" wide by 10" tall.  Cut from 1/8" BB ply with a 1/4" BB ply as the backer.  Cut entirely with a FD spiral blade.  I like the one with the black backer a bit better, it stands out a little better.  I looked online for a western sunset that I could print out and use as a background but I didn't like the look of them as much as I liked the idea of them.  

[Tbow388]

Great Job Those are pretty dang spiffy!!!

[daveww1]

awesome job

[FrankEV]

Great cutting.  Love Eagles, as you know.

Howevewr, as I've said this before, I'm not a fan of the torch work, but to each his own, as they say.

For me I would have made the black backer maybe a 15" x 12" rectangle and mounted it in a frame as a true wall hanging. 

Don't consider these critizisms, they are just my thoughts.   

 

[preprius]

Did the boards purposely have darker stained sections?

It does look like a good technique to use to enhance the carved look.

I do like the darker background better.

Edited May 18, 2021 by preprius

[Danj84]

These look great well done

[flarud]

13 hours ago, Tbow388 said:

Great Job Those are pretty dang spiffy!!!

Thank ya!

[flarud]

5 hours ago, daveww1 said:

awesome job

I appreciate it!

[flarud]

4 hours ago, FrankEV said:

Great cutting.  Love Eagles, as you know.

Howevewr, as I've said this before, I'm not a fan of the torch work, but to each his own, as they say.

For me I would have made the black backer maybe a 15" x 12" rectangle and mounted it in a frame as a true wall hanging. 

Don't consider these critizisms, they are just my thoughts.   

 

I'll probably cut this one a few more times and can play around with it.  I love burning ****!  LOL

[flarud]

4 hours ago, preprius said:

Did the boards purposely have darker stained sections?

It does look like a good technique to use to enhance the carved look.

I do like the darker background better.

I didn't use stain,, I used a torch and went over it with a flame.  

[flarud]

3 hours ago, Danj84 said:

These look great well done

Thanks for the compliment. 

[new2woodwrk]

They are fantastic!

I prefer the lighter one actually, but dark background does really make that Eagle pop for sure!

The burn outs really make the whole thing stand out very nicely

Thanks for sharing them

Edited May 18, 2021 by new2woodwrk

[flarud]

3 hours ago, new2woodwrk said:

They are fantastic!

I prefer the lighter one actually, but dark background does really make that Eagle pop for sure!

The burn outs really make the whole thing stand out very nicely

Thanks for sharing them

Much appreciated, thank you!

[CSull]

Great looking, I wonder how a sky blue background would look?

[flarud]

12 hours ago, CSull said:

Great looking, I wonder how a sky blue background would look?

Thanks!  My wife has about 4 books of construction paper.  Each book has several shades of blues, greens, oranges, and reds.  I tried every shade.  The blues and oranges were considerations.  

[heppnerguy]

On 5/17/2021 at 8:31 PM, flarud said:

These are Sue Mey patterns that I slightly modified.  They both are about 13" wide by 10" tall.  Cut from 1/8" BB ply with a 1/4" BB ply as the backer.  Cut entirely with a FD spiral blade.  I like the one with the black backer a bit better, it stands out a little better.  I looked online for a western sunset that I could print out and use as a background but I didn't like the look of them as much as I liked the idea of them.  

I am continually enjoying seeing your so well done projects

Dick

heppnerguy

[flarud]

4 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

I am continually enjoying seeing your so well done projects

Dick

heppnerguy

Dick, I very much appreciate your words, thank you!

[ben2008]

Excellent