Which way looks best ? up or down Qtr sawn white oak framed scarab tile

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I like it head up. Nice the way the beetle’s proboscis is mimicked by the frame. Are there supposed to be grayed out boxes in the top project frames?

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I like the head up too. Once again Dan – your tiles are very nice, don’t mean to say anything negative about them – but your frames are some of the best looking frames I’ve ever seen.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Yes, head up looks best for me, nice frames too.

-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"

up

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I don’t think it matters! It looks great either way.
Nice design! I like the plugs

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I agree with up. This is a very strong design,nice work.

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It would also look good sideways which makes it unique in that you can mount it in any position!

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Dan,

Heads up. Great looking frame.

Lee

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head up

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I like heads up also, Dan

-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com

T vote for up. Great job Dan.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

How would it look with the tile up and the frame down, It would create a symetrical mirror effect and alittle more contrast. Perhaps alittle to distracting though.

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Ditto Harold. But either way the frame goes, the scarab should definitely be going up regardless (IMHO). It’s more positive.

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I agree with Harold, I think it would look good with just the tile turned around and the extensions of the frame down with the head of the beatle up. Thats my two cents worth. Nice frame.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Heads up is more fitting for my eye, Dan.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Corbin and I say head up, what up, Dan, nice looking work. Love that beetle and the frame is awesome. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

and.. if it was the ornamentation on a lower part of a cabinet I would say facing up.. so I think the location in relationship to one’s eye level is important

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I go with heads up and wider scroll cut rail at bottom. Really nice looking frame.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I like the bug going up the wall but the legs of the frame hanging down. Turn the bug over. It really is awfully neat any way you do it, Dan.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

What up? Bug up. But don’t give up, shut up, or screw up. Soon it’ll be done-up. Great frame!

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Too close to call. Sideways maybe? How about a 45 degree angle so it looks more like a roach crawling up the wall? :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I think I have too much fun designing these frames.

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I know you have too much fun designing those frames!!!!

-- Peggy

Well, since you are asking. I like it with the bug going up the wall, and the tall points going down the wall. How’s that for being hard to get along with?

I just love this beetle. I think you are onto something here Dan. What if you did a whole series of bugs? Dragon Flies, Butterflies, Beetles, etc. Bugs are pretty popular, and there isn’t anything to compete with you.

Sweeeeeet project again man,
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

Create two and give them in one frame. One heads up an the second down.
Great job.

-- Jiri

If it were mine I’d hang it with the feature up.

-- Maplewood, MN

same tile with iron finish with acid patina

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-- ..... art for lifes sake