Popular Post FrankEV Posted March 5, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) I don’t know if it is just me or if there are others like me out there? I get bored very easily so I’m always looking to find a “something different” subject to develop into a themed collection of Art Panel cuttings. I have done Birds, Flowers, Felines, Horses, and many others. So why not Pirates? While searching through images on-line I ran across an image of a B&W drawing of Mary Read who was an English female pirate in late 1600. The story of her life intrigued me. Most of her life she pretended to be a man using the name Mark Read. Quite awhile ago I had made a special gift cutting of Castlevaina Alucard, for my Grandson which has gotten rave reviews from his friends. The presentation was a full head-to-toe cutting of the character. Looking at the image of Mary Read, I thought I might be able to convert it into a scrollable image not unlike the cutting I had done for my Grandson. I don’t pretend to be a wizard at creating scrollable patterns from an image, but, using Inkscape’s “trace bitmap” function and a lot of cleanup work, I was able to make, what I think is, a reasonable scrollable pattern. However, the pattern is not for the faint-of-heart as there are a lot of very small delicate details areas requiring the use of very small blades. I used Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades, but some areas might have been done better with regular straight # 2/0 blades. Of course, one piece does not make a collection. So, I looked further and found another image, this time a color piece, of Anne Boney who was Irish, and like Mary, a female pirate of the same era. I used the same process to convert the image into a scrollable pattern, but this image proved to be more challenging as Inkscape has more trouble developing the subject lines where color shading is part of the image. I had to do a lot more manual tracing to develop the pattern. Although, not as many actual “holes” as the Mary Read Pattern, this pattern also has a lot of areas of small delicate details. Again, I used Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. I think both 11” x 17” patterns work as simple B&W cuttings, but, as you all know, I like to add color to my cuttings. Although the Mary Read image was B&W, looking at the multitude of pirate images, I was able to add color which seems appropriate. I use the Anne Boney color image for a guide to the colors I used on the cutting…of course using a lot of artist discretion. Since I use Artist Acrylic Paints, I am now using Clear Gloss Spray Polycrylic’s which, like the paints is water based, as a protective coating after panel assembly. And like usual, the Frames are 1 3/4” wide Poplar primed and painted with Glidden Spray Gloss Black. I will post PDF’s of these patterns in the New Pattern Announcement section. Comments and critiques always welcome. PS: Yes, I'm aware the words Anne Boney is not properly Right Justified. I was too far into cutting before I noticed it. The pattern has been corrected along with a few more bridges that have been added I had found was needed as I cut the piece. EDIT: It was pointed out to me the spelling "Boney" should be "Bonny". Looks like I need to recut this pattern. EDIT 03/09/23: Recut the corrected pattern and replaced pic herein of Anne Bonny. Things went a little better the seconded time around. Edited March 9, 2023 by FrankEV Replaced Picture meflick, ChelCass, Dan and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 awesome work scrollingforsanity and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Fengstad Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 I took print thanks FrankEV and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 Again a couple of stunning pieces Frank. Thanks, also, for the full description of how and why. FrankEV and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 Nice, work. I like the colors and could I say with the exposure you gave them I would not mistake them for males. FrankEV and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preprius Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 Interesting discovery for something different. Very impressed with both the "different" selection and the execution. To me finding something new is the hard part. I like the 2nd one more. It shows action. The long boots are twisted a bit and indicates she is changing direction. Me. Mark Eason FrankEV and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 Very nice! I like the top one a bit better. scrollingforsanity and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 Excellent cutting, RJ scrollingforsanity and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 A unique idea. You did an excellent job on both. 10/10 for you Sir. Marg scrollingforsanity and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 Those are awesome. Love the colors you used. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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