Sign update

Stunning Roman.
You may have just discovered your true calling.
Explain more about your “oil” based paints.
Do I see a big honkin compressor and a sand blaster in your future?

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

That looks great Roman !! , i saw it before and it really stands out nicely now.
Are you going to seal it with something?

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Looks great! I’m really looking forward to the finished piece :)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Thanks….............I’m starting to like it too. I started this last September by gluing up that fir slab which bent…..looks like an acordian from the side. tried cooking one side, watering one side and gave up trying to make it flat…......thus the frame and in the end, albeit unintentional the “wave” gives it more character.It takes up a wee bit of room so it often gets put to the side because there is no $$$$$$ in it…...yet.

John and Bob#2

I did a bit of research before I started by talking with sign painters and artists. In the end it boiled down to oil paint, artists oil paints thinned with linseed oil. Acrylics, stains, paint and even sign paint (one shot) fades and or lets moisture through it. I have a fair bit of experience in stains and glazes, pre cat and post cat lacquers and have used acrylic paints extensively so this is my first try with oil piants and I just love it.

oils stay wet which is nice, you can put the paint brushes down for a half a day or even a day and pick up where you left off, easy to feather, easy to blend and easy to clean up. ...........and best of all they are water proof, dont fade, dont peel, .................just what the doctor ordered. Acrylics dry to fast, I found them much harder to blend…...........oil paints…...just the cats meow

I put oil based primer around the perimiter (end grain) and will seal that with a water proof urathane(just the edges.
I found that I can thread copper wire through the leaves and then drill the wire through to the back and tie it off. This way the wind cant take them away. like I said before, this is going at the front of the laneway and will have a timber frame roof over it.

I think I will make two folksy birdhouse lights and mount them on the top of the timber frame to light it up. Also I’m thinking to make a planter box mounted about one foot under the sign so that when season permits I can plant real flowers that will hang down and just barely crowd the bottom of the sign. Perhaps a clematis to grow up one side. I planted hard maples down both sides of the driveway 3 years ago….......very slow growing tree but they are Norway maples so they grow considerably faster then the american sugar maple. Over the next ten years one of those maple trees will provide shade for this project.

Oil paint doesnt need to be sealed, just the odd coat of linseed oil to freshen it up

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

This sign has “Pro Carver” written all over it! If I was shopping for a woodworker, this would definately attract me. Nice one Roman!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Looks great!

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

What an awesome carving! Great job.

-- --Chuck

Very impressive! It remides me of the time I did my first sign. The one you see at the top of my web site. I had it 80% carved out and my step son had to puint out I had woodworing mis spelled.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

I was comissioned to carve out an oak scroll for a local high school in oak. It is used to put the names of the students who make the “HONOUR ROLL” and “Honour Roll” was carved into the top.

2 years later I got a phone call, seems I spelt “Honour”........the American way which is ?

had to do it again

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

gorgeous
I do miss the leaves in the top right corner

ooooooooh nooooooooooooo re: the Honour Roll… all that work. How horrible.
We Canadians do love our “U” :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Excellent job! I know that if I were to do something like that I would have screwed up the letters somewhere along the line.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

It is hard to rationalize the $ cost as well as the time spent on something like this. As a craftsman we often struggle attracting the clients who appreciate the “type or style” of work which we enjoy doing. Everybody has an idea as to what they would like, but until they see an example they are unable to visualize it. I think a sign, a simple sign can set the tone, before a word is spoken they will know the foundation that you work from. I’m excited to see it installed!

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Looks great Roman. It should really make the front of the house standout as a true artist is in residence.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

This is really cool. It’ll look great finished.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

Roman,

This is certainly an attention grabbing sign. Its artistry speaks volumes about your work.

Great job.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very nice sign. I can’t see anything wrong with it, other than it’s not mine. Very well done, impressive. I’ll give ya 5 stars.

Hows the sign progress coming along? I’m excited to see it completed!

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

It’s almost done and weighs a hundred pounds or more. I’ll take a picture today but I think it needs more leaves.

been busy cutting 8 drawers with hand done dovetails….............done

refinishing a giant armoir I built 15 years ago and building/finishing a hutch and buffet as well as making a few patio lanterns that look like funky birdhouses

not enough time to scratch my own …..........

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

here ya go Harold.

Still not quite done, more leaves to come in maple and hosta and a bit of painting on those flowers

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Well, that;’s that! I sending all my carving jobs to you Roman.

You have the gift Bud!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

That turned out really nice Roman , it has a beautiful 3D affect and the colors are nice and bright..

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Thanks…......

Bob#2…......I would rather enjoy a visit with you then take your tools.

John, I’m happy with the colours but I still think it needs more leaves to wrap around the heavier timbers.

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Looks great, I really like the gray stones and I agree that the leaves could wrap around the edges of the frame, but great work Roman.
take care,
harold

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

simply magnificent!!! amazing skill and design

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)