Catching up on posting of finished projects

[FrankEV]

Most of these projects have been cut over the last six or so weeks but the finishing and framing was on hold due to a non-scrolling project that had been occupying my time.  Finally got a few days break and was able to do some finishing up.

All patterns are conversions of various free images I found online.  All cut panels are 5/32” Solid Core Maple, Birch or Walnut affixed to a ¼” BB Ply backer.  Coloring was done by various techniques such as: Hand Painting with Artist Acrylic Paints, Painting with rattle can spray paints or Staining.   Cutting was mostly completed with small Pegas Spiral blades.  After assembly, all panels were protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer.  Frames are made from 1 ¾” wide Poplar finished with Stain and Polyurethane or Black Lacquer.  

 

Trees in the Night, 10” Diameter panel mounted on a 12” x12” Backer.

 

Parrot Pair (*), 12” x 12”

 

Leo, 11” x 14”

 

Chrysanthemum Bouquet, 11” x 17”.

 

You all know I welcome comments and critiques.

 

(*) I have cut various Parrot Portraits, all of which have been sold, so I had to make another but different one, to replace the latest to be sold.   Although I am very happy to sell my work, certain pieces are missed from the display more than others.  This is the case with the various Parrots I have made.  

Edited April 1, 2022 by FrankEV

[Dan]

Great work. I love the trees. So simple and calming.

[Dak0ta52]

Beautiful as usual, Frank. I love the way you add your colors to the pieces.

[preprius]

nice trees in the night.  

i had to think about how shadows would appear at night.

you might add "winter" since there is no apparent leaves.

Me.

Mark Eason

[munzieb]

They are all great but the eyes on the lion are amazing!

[spirithorse]

Very nice!
The trees is my favorite.

God Bless! Spirithorse

[Charlie E]

Nice work. I’m also a fan of the trees. 

[barb.j.enders]

Nice work.  While the trees are nice, I am quite taken by the Chrysanthemums.  Is there a layer on top of the panel?  It kind of looks that way.

[pet-design]

All is very well done - but the trees and the lion are my favourites!

[John B]

Some nice pieces Frank
The Lion is my favourite, reversing the "Normal" procedure of a dark back ground makes it almost glow. The Eyes also add a hint of mystique.

[Eric67]

All are good

I prefer the lion with green eyes(or yellow?)

[don watson]

Love them all but for me the parrots are the winner. Very clever cutting and painting involved in this and a lot of thought working it all out. I must try this some day when I have time. I also love the chrysanths, I think it is because you have used colour that is making me think of copying this idea and I am sure I mentioned before when you did the WIP demo I would like to make/copy these.

Don W

 

[FrankEV]

11 hours ago, barb.j.enders said:

....Is there a layer on top of the panel?  It kind of looks that way.

Yes, the cut panel is mounted on top of the backer as, what I call, a "positive" cutting resuting in a raised image.  Both the backer and cutting are painted.

Just for comparison, the Parrot Pair is a "negative" cutting where just the backer is painted.

Edited April 2, 2022 by FrankEV

[FrankEV]

14 hours ago, preprius said:

..i had to think about how shadows would appear at night.

you might add "winter" since there is no apparent leaves.

I don't really see them as shadows, but the light sourse (mayby a full moon) shining on the trees and ripples on the ground.

Maybe, a better title would be "Moonlit Winter Trees", How does that sound?

[FrankEV]

1 hour ago, don watson said:

...Very clever cutting and painting involved in this and a lot of thought working it all out...

It has taken me a lot of trying different ways to paint the backer in pieces like "Parrot Pair".   I have found that I can print out additional copies of the cutting pattern  and cut out the areas of differnt colors to act as a painting stencil.  To do this you  need to be careful to line up each layer stencil so the colors are in the correct location.  This is not a fail safe process but helps to line up the coloring work much more quickly.  A lot of checking how the color looks under the cut panel and tweeking of the paint work,  is still needed.

Coloring often takes longer than cutting!! 

[FrankEV]

4 hours ago, Eric67 said:

...I prefer the lion with green eyes(or yellow?)

The eyes are Yellow.  Not quite as well seen in the photo as when viewed in person.  Maybe a little "greener yellow" might be a better color.  Thanks.

Edited April 2, 2022 by FrankEV

[daveww1]

beautiful work

[wombatie]

They are all great but is the trees is my favorite.  Excellent work.

Marg

[new2woodwrk]

All are very nice, Lion is my fav - great expression!

 

[Dave Monk]

You have sure been busy. They all look great.