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“It’s okay, I’m a cop. Trust me, I’ve been doing this for eleven years.” {Die Hard, 1988}
Bruce Willis has been “doing that” for WAY longer than eleven years, but I like that quote anyway….
He has GOT to be the all time movie bad-ass, and I just HAD to do this portrait.
Since I was doing a much larger project out of American Chestnut, I grabbed a piece and threw it in the planer. I have never used chestnut before for scrolling, but I really like working with it! The wood is ultra-hard and very little “fuzzies” to sand off the back.
Overall dimensions are around 7 1/2×11 inches and 3/16 of an inch thick.
As usual, I soaked the piece in lemon oil, then backed it with thick felt.
I REALLY like the way this turned out – it is one of my favorite pieces.
Comments are more than welcome!
Oh yeah – I would be remiss if I didn’t end this post by saying “Yippee-ki-yay, ................” ;-)
-bob
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
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Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#1 posted 834 days ago
That is way-cool! I have never worked with chestnut either. At first glance it looked like oak. It must be a strong wood, to hold the details you have on the piece.
Great job! :)
Sheila
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bvdon
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#2 posted 834 days ago
Starin’ at something, friend?
I ain’t your friend, palooka.
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Very cool…
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bvdon
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#3 posted 834 days ago
I wonder how something like that would look if you backed it with padauk or some other contrasting wood, then filled it from the front with epoxy….... hmmmmm
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woodworkerscott
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#4 posted 834 days ago
You might consider making another one and sending him one of them. He’d love it.
Great work.
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Gary
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#5 posted 834 days ago
Starin’ at something, friend?
I ain’t your friend, palooka.
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This!
hahahahahaha.
Great scrollwork
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obi999
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#6 posted 834 days ago
Hey great work! I like those scrollwork portraits very much and everytime i am amazed about the effect that come out with the simple shadow-structures a scrollworker has to do with a lot of patience. (Oh god my english must be horrible, sorry).
Thank you vey much for sharing with us.
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BritBoxmaker
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#7 posted 833 days ago
Really, really good. You’ve caught the look perfectly.
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christopheralan
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#8 posted 833 days ago
Heck yeah! Love Bruce! Old school action hero. Well done! Great job on the lettering too! How long did it take you?
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alexsutula
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#9 posted 831 days ago
I wish Bruce Willis was my dad.
-- You can't stand apart unless you're prepared to stand alone. Alex, Cleveland
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