Puppies and a commission

[Dak0ta52]

I was able to finish and frame my two other puppies this weekend. I've posted all three so you can see the set as well as the pictures I made the patterns. They were cut on 1/4-inch maple stained Minwax Natural. The backers are all black construction paper. I'm curious as to how it will hold up. The frames are from framing material cut to fit and then given a corner spline for strength. The wife already has them hanging in the living room.

The fire plaques are from Steve Good. I cut these as a request from a co-worker. The red is 1/4-inch Birch and the dark (Red Oak Stain) one is Maple. Both have Pine backers with Natural stain.

The two flags, another Steve Good pattern, are Maple fronts with Birch backers. The dark stain is Minwax Espresso and the light stain is Minwax Natural. These are toppers for my welcome signs.

Gosh darn it was nice to make a little sawdust this weekend. Weather was decent for change and I had honey-do's all caught up.

 

[wombatie]

Fabulous work on all projects, especially the puppy dogs.

Marg

[Peter N White]

Very well done puppies look great.

[MarieC]

Are those papillons?  They are adorable...they are also crazy smart!  I have seen them in agility and they are very quick and do very well.  You have really captured their cute little faces...Well done!

[daveww1]

excellent work

[scrollerpete]

WOW very nice excellent work

[Scrappile]

Really great work.  Love the way you added a color highlight to the papillion.  I have been using poster board for picture backer for years,  Never had a problem.

[Dak0ta52]

12 hours ago, MarieC said:

Are those papillons?  They are adorable...they are also crazy smart!  I have seen them in agility and they are very quick and do very well.  You have really captured their cute little faces...Well done!

Yes, Papillons. My wife is training them but in obedience and not agility. They are extremely fast! The little one, Oreo, the one going over the jump, loves to chase squirrels out of the back yard. I'm just waiting until he catches one!

[Dak0ta52]

2 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Really great work.  Love the way you added a color highlight to the papillion.  I have been using poster board for picture backer for years,  Never had a problem.

The wife wanted me to add a little brown in the areas where brown was located on the dog, (Kiss). I was a little leary at first but must say it turned out okay. I used an air brush to add the brown with acrylic hobby paint. As far as the backers, I attached them before spraying the clear Acrylic by mistake and was worried the moisture would cause the poster board to deform. I sprayed a couple light coats to cover the poster before getting a little heavier. There was a slight deformation but not enough to cause issues. Thanks for the comments.

[rjweb]

Very nice you have been busy, RJ 

[rdatelle]

They all came out great. Love the fire logos. I'm a retired firefighter.

[Dak0ta52]

3 hours ago, rdatelle said:

They all came out great. Love the fire logos. I'm a retired firefighter.

The fire logo was pretty easy to cut. Just type in "FIRE" in Steve Good's catalog.

I worked 8 years in the fire service and then transferred to the airport as a public safety officer (Police, FIre, Rescue). After being there for 4-years they did away with the public safety officer program and gave us the option to go to the fire department or police department. I am from a family of law enforcement officers so transferred to the police department. Finally retired from there in September 2000. Most of my career at the PD was a training officer. (Firearms, Sniper, DT, Driving, EMS and a bunch of general topics.) Enjoyed firefighting a lot. Attended some great aircraft firefighting schools while I was at the airport and fortunately never had to fight an aircraft fire. Did have to stand by a couple times and foam the runways but everything ended well under the circumstances.