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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: EIEIO on February 10, 2013, 10:55:58 pm

Title: Yet another candlestick and box...
Post by: EIEIO on February 10, 2013, 10:55:58 pm: A St. Valentine's Day gift for my beautiful bride. This is the 2nd Sue Mey candlestick from SSW&C issue 49, and a new birch plywood gift box for it to go in. The candlestick is 3/4 scale. The plan calls for a 2x2 blank, but the blank I had was 1.5x1.5 rosewood. It is a little under 4" tall. The legs were a chore - very thin, but the wood is strong. The box is 2.5x2.5x7 - room for a candle.

I changed the box design to remove the tabs from the upper edge of the box top and instead used a 2-layer top. The outer layer has the roses from Steve Good's mail holder scrolled into it. The inner layer is painted with red and green watercolor paint to color the roses and leaves. This time I remembered to keep the grain running the length of the box, and kept the lighter colored birch to the outside. After rounding the edges, the inner ply is exposed like a border, and the feed-n-wax gives it a slightly darker color. I like the look.
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Post by: newfie on February 11, 2013, 12:29:23 am: looks great thanks for sharing
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Post by: DWSudekum on February 11, 2013, 12:38:54 am: Very Nicley done! Thanks for sharing them with us.

DW
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Post by: heiko rettberg on February 11, 2013, 01:13:18 am: Very good job on both.
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Post by: Keefie on February 11, 2013, 05:11:06 am: excellent work on both, they look great.
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Post by: Tomsunnu on February 11, 2013, 06:10:07 am: Great looking project.

thank you for sharing.

Mahendra
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Post by: Russ C on February 11, 2013, 06:58:54 am: They look great, nice work. Thanks for sharing with us. :)
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Post by: ToverT on February 11, 2013, 07:55:26 am: Very nice work! I'm sure your bride will love them!

Tommy T
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Post by: daliclimbs on February 11, 2013, 11:16:24 am: Great work Indeed! Thanks for showing them to us!
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Post by: EIEIO on February 11, 2013, 12:03:18 pm: I'm new to scrolling. I really enjoy working on the small end of construction where you pay more attention to detail and finish than to structural strength. I also like the ability to start and end a project on the same day (maybe within a couple of hours) with something you can be proud of to show for your work.
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Post by: Marcellarius on February 11, 2013, 01:49:34 pm: very nice job, great how the roses came out in that!
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Post by: Becky on February 11, 2013, 09:07:16 pm: That's really nice. Love to roses and the way you re-purposed them. Although I know I got an e-mail about that pattern, I didn't remember the roses. They look great on the box!

The candlestick is nice too. I think I would have gotten the heebee jeebees worrying about those narrow elements. You did a great job.
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Post by: frankorona on February 12, 2013, 07:56:21 am: Wonderful job, looks great and well done, thanks for sharing
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Post by: smitty0312 on February 12, 2013, 09:24:56 am: Nicely done, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: wombatie on February 13, 2013, 03:59:49 am: More beautiful work EIEIO.

Marg
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Post by: woodtinkergary on February 13, 2013, 06:55:54 am: Looks great, share more!! Wtg
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Post by: Al W on February 15, 2013, 10:21:52 am: Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: troy_curtis on February 18, 2013, 01:23:47 am: Nice on both accounts. They look great. Thanks for sharing.