Fretsaw project: 'Calvin & Hobbes'

[yamatetsu]

'Calvin & Hobbes'

 

30 x 33cm, backer board 6mm, Calvin & Hobbes 4mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #1 blade. 

 

This is segmentation, so the yellow parts are cut out of the black board, painted, and then inserted back into the board. Since there are very small gaps around every single piece, I had to paint not only the surfaces but the sides too. This goes for every yellow piece and all the cuts in the black board. Took me about four hours just to paint it.

[barb.j.enders]

Well done.  I love Calvin & Hobbes

[daveww1]

very nice job

[TAIrving]

That is a real work of art Yam @yamatetsu.  I can see the work that went into doing it; carefully cutting each piece, saving each piece and painting them.  And then getting each tiny piece back in the right place!  

[jerry walters]

WOW!!!  This is terrific.

Jerry

[rjweb]

Nice job, RJ

[Scrappile]

WOW!  I love segmenting.  In fact I am working on one now, when I get any time in the shop.  But doing that delicate of cuts with a hand saw... I salute you! 

[yamatetsu]

I actually didn't want to do segmentation, I started with a yellow backer board and cut the pieces out of the black board. Alas, this didn't work for the tiny pieces, the yellow background just wasn't visible.

So I had to start again, but this time I had to focus on cutting the pieces properly as I needed them later. Much more work, but it was worth it.

[wombatie]

Love it.  Very well done.

Marg

[Old Joe]

Very cool cutting and overall job on a very cool subject matter.Great job!

[MarieC]

Excellent!  Do you have the pattern?

[yamatetsu]

I made this from an image that I found online. So, it IS a pattern, but one I had to adjust a bit while cutting because some of the cuts were too close together for comfort.