This is a small sign we made as a wedding momento to reflect an Australian feel & also a line from a Zane Grey poem they will be reciting on their wedding day.
-------------------- Dirk Rampling Far South Design South Pambula NSW Posts: 39 | From: South Pambula NSW Australia | Registered: Jun 2008
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Tell us a little about it / how you did it. It all looks hand carved. Love the texture on the background - lower section behind leaves. How did you do this? Is it Signfoam or Multipanel? Wjat size / thickness is it?
Cheers - Gregg
PS. How are the numbers for Shane's workshop going?
-------------------- Gregg Sydney Signworks (02) 9837 1198 Schofields NSW Australia Posts: 368 | From: Schofields | Registered: May 2007
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it's all handcarved & shaped on signfoam on the 19mm laminated to forex for extra thickness. it's an internal sign so i glued & srewed it together. the pattern was done with a dremel.
the numbers are still low for the workshops. i've contacted gamart but no reply as yet, to see if they can get the word out a bit more via their newsletter. i'm hoping there will be more interest.
p.s what tha
-------------------- Dirk Rampling Far South Design South Pambula NSW Posts: 39 | From: South Pambula NSW Australia | Registered: Jun 2008
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this sign will be hung in their entrance inside their home. to remind them of their special day. runelo is their names, russell, ness & locky joined together. he is a keen fisherman & the wedding day was going to be very australian with gum leaf decorations. here goes the poem.
at midnight the wind in the tree tops awakened me. it had a low, menacing sound. i got up & went out on the bluff, & i was more than rewarded. beneath me the great rollers crashed to ruin on the rocks, with incessant changing roar. a half moon, low down, cast a pale light upon the sea. overhead orion appeared as always, sloping to the west & the southern cross, that magnificent & compelling constellation, blazed with white fire, high in the heavens. far out to sea there were gloom & mystery.
this is the first part. please excuse my punctuation.
-------------------- Dirk Rampling Far South Design South Pambula NSW Posts: 39 | From: South Pambula NSW Australia | Registered: Jun 2008
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i used a round head peice on the dremel & just dotted away. i used this pattern to give the impression of the light hitting the water at night time.
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What a wonderful rememberance! It's beautiful, I love the richness of the colours.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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I still want to come to the workshop, but honestly can't/won't make a commitment till early October- it's a time & money & travel & priorities thing, and I'm losing a lot of time between now & Letterheads-Oz with other precommitted events that don't bring in the $$$.
I've just written a step-by-step article on using Multipanel HDU for the latest (due out next month I think) Visual Impact mag. It's all hand-carved in the story. Possibly Tony Russo would help out with some materials (i.e.Multipanel) for your workshop- but we're hoping we can get some for Letterheads, too! I doubt you'll get any sponsorship money as such, though. Leave off asking him till the story comes out- if you're lucky it'll help generate more interest in his product and he'll be keen to help out.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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