Popular Post BadBob Posted November 30, 2022 Popular Post Report Posted November 30, 2022 Over the years, I have made 100s of animal cutouts, maybe thousands. Kids love them, and it is an excellent way to use up those bits of wood left from other projects. I recently started adding the eyes by request. I use Inkscape to add the eyes to the pattern so I can move them around and resize them to look right. The kittens are my latest cutouts. I cut these from poplar, pine, oak, and mystery wood. jollyred, frankorona, RabidAlien and 10 others 13 Quote
kywoodmaster Posted November 30, 2022 Report Posted November 30, 2022 Those are really cool. I may have to try something like that since I have another Granddaughter that just turned !. Quote
Blaughn Posted November 30, 2022 Report Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) I like those, a lot - I might have experimented with even larger eyes...! To my eye, jaundiced though it may be , The grain works better oriented in the vertical. Well done! Bruce Edited November 30, 2022 by Blaughn Quote
BadBob Posted November 30, 2022 Author Report Posted November 30, 2022 45 minutes ago, Blaughn said: I like those, a lot - I might have experimented with even larger eyes...! To my eye, jaundiced though it may be , The grain works better oriented in the vertical. Well done! Bruce Eyes can be tricky. You have to get them in just the right place and size for them to look right. I rely heavily on my Quality Assurance staff (wife and grandson) for this. I agree with your grain direction, but I am making these from designer kindling most of the time, and the pattern has to go the way it fits. Quote
heppnerguy Posted November 30, 2022 Report Posted November 30, 2022 those are cute little critters. The eyes have got to add interest and character to each project Dick heppnerguy Quote
Blaughn Posted November 30, 2022 Report Posted November 30, 2022 4 hours ago, BadBob said: Eyes can be tricky. You have to get them in just the right place and size for them to look right. I rely heavily on my Quality Assurance staff (wife and grandson) for this. I agree with your grain direction, but I am making these from designer kindling most of the time, and the pattern has to go the way it fits. Designer kindling - I love it. I may try that term out on my wife. To her it is "boxes and boxes of scrap". Gene Howe 1 Quote
rdatelle Posted December 2, 2022 Report Posted December 2, 2022 There great and they really needed eyes. Quote
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