| Blog series by scrappy | updated 165 days ago | 4 parts | 1004 reads | 14 comments total |
Part 1: What am I going to be?
Here is a piece of wood I received from Rastus I am trying to decide what it is going to become. Does anyone have any suggestions? Pieces are about 4 inches long and 3 wide at the widest. Re-Sawed to 1/8 inch thick for inlay. Here are the pics I took of it before and after I sliced it for inlay. Is it going to be Hearts? or maybe Angel Wings? Or could it end up as a Butterfly? Here is what it looks like with a litle Mineral Spirits wiped on it. I just love this w...
Part 2: Selecting the Design
Well, After much thought and input from everyone. I decided to make 2 of these boards into Angel wings, My wife and I have an couple that are very special to us and they collect Angels. So this is going to be a present for them. Here is a picture of the drawing I have so far. The overall size will be about 12 inches square. The Angel will be about 8 inches tall. Here is a picture of the woods I will be useing. The wings are the white oak crotch that I started this post ...
Part 3: Angel Inlay is Finnished
Finnished the Angel Inlay! Got a little distracted for a few days so did not get much done. Will be working more tonight, so hope to get this sanded flat and put on a backer board. Will make frame this weekend. Time to get back to work. haha Thanks for looking. Please leave all comments and suggestions. Scrappy
Part 4: Finnished the Project!
Finnished the Plaque! Well it is finnally done. I kept getting side tracked with other things around the house. This is going to a dear freind of my wife and mine. He has been running the center for the blind in Yuma,AZ for the last 25 years. He is retireing on June 27th. This startd as an “Unknown Wood / Unknown Project” and turned into a dedication. I want to thank everyone who helped this design come into being. Thank You. The Angel is made up of the following woods...
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