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  • Dave Hadfield
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2000
    • 7452

    SWMBO--Carved Nameboards

    Last year we started a thread asking about the best type of wood for carving nameboards. After much research and experimentation my wife Robin carved these out of Black Cherry, from a tree that grew on my Grandmother's farm. They're carved by hand (and a very sharp chisel), sealed in epoxy, gold-leafed in the traditional way, outlined in black, and coated many times with varnish.

    I was quite impressed with her work.

    At the time I mentioned that we would post the results, so here they are.





    [This message has been edited by Dave Hadfield (edited 02-14-2001).]
  • Paul Frederiksen
    Senior Member
    • Jun 1999
    • 133

    #2
    Nice name boards. I am planning something similar so it is nice to see is is do-able. Thanks for posting them.

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    • JohnRSmith
      Senior Member
      • Dec 1999
      • 477

      #3
      Hell's teeth, Dave, they are superb. Now then, could I persuade Kate to do something similar? Only four letters, after all . . .

      John

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      • rickprose
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2000
        • 102

        #4
        John, only two letters, repeated, kate could practice them both a couple of times beforehand... but seriously, nice nameboards!

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        • Bruce Taylor
          Eardstapa
          • Aug 2000
          • 9225

          #5
          Beautiful!

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          • paladinsfo
            Senior Senior Member
            • Dec 2000
            • 26476

            #6
            Very high quality Honduras Mahogany has a very nice grain for carving.
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            • TomRobb
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2000
              • 1457

              #7
              Very nice. And better yet SWMBO has a stake in the boat, a sense of ownership.
              No individual rain-drop thinks it\'s responsible for the flood.

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              • Ed Harrow
                Retro Member #1235
                • Mar 2000
                • 7343

                #8
                Hmmm, does this qualify as self promotion, well I guess not if they were done by SWMBO

                Very nice, Robin has talent.
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                • lee
                  Junior Member
                  • Apr 2000
                  • 12

                  #9
                  Alright i wil plead ignorance what is SWMBO?

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                  • Dave Hadfield
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2000
                    • 7452

                    #10
                    She Who Must Be Obeyed (or at least consulted!)

                    Thanks very much for the comments. John, Robin asked me to offer to carve LULU in return for a painting, but I told her I wouldn't because that would be a swap and we don't do that here.

                    Seriously, much appreciated. The scanning didn't bring out the rich lustre of the cherry. You ought to see it from the tender, lit by the soft rays of a setting sun in some wild North Channel anchorage.

                    Dave

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                    • NormMessinger
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2000
                      • 6308

                      #11
                      Yes, and a nice thing about cherry is that it get richer, more beatutiful, as time goes on.

                      Question: What base did you use for the gold leaf? That is, what is between the gold and the wood?

                      --Norm

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                      • Ian McColgin
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 1999
                        • 51635

                        #12
                        Ah.

                        Trescool.

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                        • BrianCunningham
                          Banned
                          • Apr 1999
                          • 223

                          #13
                          Nicely done!

                          Knew quite a few women who are into carving wood. I guess it appeals to that whole art & craft thing. It also lets them decorate.

                          I don't suppose this is their way of "marking their territory"?

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                          • Dave Hadfield
                            Senior Member
                            • Apr 2000
                            • 7452

                            #14
                            Norm,

                            I know she used "sizing". What exactly that means I'm not quite sure. I'll ask her to comment here as soon as possible. There was quite a bit of trial and error, and reference to several books.

                            Dave

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                            • Ron Williamson
                              Rocketman
                              • Apr 2000
                              • 7877

                              #15
                              The sign guy that rents shop space from me,uses sizing all the time for gold leaf.
                              He describes it as "varnish that stays tacky"
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