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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: Bearkat42 on October 23, 2013, 07:03:37 am

Title: Fingerprint
Post by: Bearkat42 on October 23, 2013, 07:03:37 am

I cut these fingerprints using an enlarged photo of the actual print.  Extremely tedious work, very time consuming.  Not sure exactly how long it took me to cut them, but it was days for each...

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: jscott2 on October 23, 2013, 07:49:14 am

It does look like very painstaking work.  You did a good job and I especially like the one on the left - that's thinking outside the box.

Thanks,
Jim

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: frankorona on October 23, 2013, 08:03:04 am

Excellent work, I congratulate you for your patience and originality, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: DWSudekum on October 23, 2013, 08:04:31 am

OK now you have PROOF that the giant did it!  Great job on those.  More patience than i have and that is for sure.  Thanks for sharing these with us.


DW

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Post by: countryscroller on October 23, 2013, 08:37:02 am

Wow, that looks intimidating!

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: Al W on October 23, 2013, 08:39:42 am

Great idea!!!  I am going to give this a go for a couple of the guys I work with - certified 10 print examiners.  Thanks for the idea, and thanks for sharing with us.

Afterthought - how large did you end up making the final pieces?  Any suggestions?

Al

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: EIEIO on October 23, 2013, 09:18:03 am

Wow that's interesting. Do fingerprints have a lot of floaters?

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Post by: Toneman on October 23, 2013, 09:23:34 am

W0W! Great idea and congrats! By the way, remember the newborn feet prints on birth certificates? Would make nice gifts!

Tony,aka,Toneman

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: EIEIO on October 23, 2013, 09:48:51 am

Quote from: Toneman on October 23, 2013, 09:23:34 am

W0W! Great idea and congrats! By the way, remember the newborn feet prints on birth certificates? Would make nice gifts!

Tony,aka,Toneman

Tony - That's a great idea!

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Post by: newfie on October 23, 2013, 10:19:18 am

nice work on them thanks for sharing

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Post by: Martin on October 23, 2013, 01:41:14 pm

Amazing! I nearly had a panic attack just thinking about making the pattern, never mind cutting it.

Martin.

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: Bearkat42 on October 23, 2013, 01:46:22 pm

These prints measure approximately 8x10"...Used 1/4" plywood for the cut and then attached it to a 3/4" back...
They do have a few floaters which makes for a tedious cut but with a good quality 1/4" birch plywood it held together pretty well.  I do like the idea of the baby footprints, think it would make a great gift idea, but getting a good impression would be the key.  The problem would be with enlarging enough  to be able to make a thick enough cut, although I doubt that anyone would know the difference...But if you compare a single fingerprint enlarged to an 8x10, how large would a child's whole footprint need to be???

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Post by: tdpainter on October 23, 2013, 02:44:54 pm

Nice work, keep it up thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: PaPa50707 on October 23, 2013, 07:47:42 pm

All I can say is WOW.

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: wombatie on October 24, 2013, 01:21:30 am

I saw a finger print pattern many many years ago and was going to do my finger print but I forgot all about it until now.  I think they are brilliant.  You did an amazing job, very well cut. Love it, love it, love it.

Marg

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Post by: heiko rettberg on October 24, 2013, 01:34:11 am

Fantastic work, looks greate.

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Post by: Becky on October 26, 2013, 12:15:51 am

That's a really cool idea.  Talk about a unique gift - a person's own fingerprint (or the footprint idea mentioned above).  I guess the challenge would be in getting the person's fingerprint to start with. 

Title: Re: Fingerprint
Post by: troy_curtis on October 27, 2013, 03:52:28 am

LOL, all I can think is how bored you must have been to have made them. But then again they are pretty cool. A lot of patience must have been taken to make these. Definitely a one of a kind art work. Thanks for sharing.