TIADave
06-17-2012, 06:15 PM
Dear fellow carvewright fanatics, i'm somewhat stumped and looking for a little intellectual head start from you great folks.
I purchased a new house a few months ago and I have this prime spot to show off what our carvewright can do, I have a few ideas but I can't seem to get started. I have this pretty large recessed area above the fireplace (photo included), something needs to go in there but I can't get my head wrapped around what it should be.
The space is 3'10" wide and 11' tall and slightly arched at the top, I was thinking i'd like to do something like a 10 separate 13" tall horizontally segmented carvings done to look like wrought iron and mount them up there each one above the other to fill the space.
My plan would entail carving through 1/4" MDF (by mounting 2 pieces together and carving down slightly more than 1/4"). Then finishing each piece to look like faux wrought iron.It would sure be nice to carve it as a vector design as the time it would take would be a fraction of doing it as a raster, but I really want the look of wrought iron with the individual design having a curved top.
Either way, I know it's a huge job but I think it will be worth it if i can pull it off. If anyone has ANY thoughts that may help, i'd truly be appreciative.
Attached is the picture of the area above the fireplace, and a mock up of what i'm thinking of.
Thanks in Advance!
Dave
5401954020
I purchased a new house a few months ago and I have this prime spot to show off what our carvewright can do, I have a few ideas but I can't seem to get started. I have this pretty large recessed area above the fireplace (photo included), something needs to go in there but I can't get my head wrapped around what it should be.
The space is 3'10" wide and 11' tall and slightly arched at the top, I was thinking i'd like to do something like a 10 separate 13" tall horizontally segmented carvings done to look like wrought iron and mount them up there each one above the other to fill the space.
My plan would entail carving through 1/4" MDF (by mounting 2 pieces together and carving down slightly more than 1/4"). Then finishing each piece to look like faux wrought iron.It would sure be nice to carve it as a vector design as the time it would take would be a fraction of doing it as a raster, but I really want the look of wrought iron with the individual design having a curved top.
Either way, I know it's a huge job but I think it will be worth it if i can pull it off. If anyone has ANY thoughts that may help, i'd truly be appreciative.
Attached is the picture of the area above the fireplace, and a mock up of what i'm thinking of.
Thanks in Advance!
Dave
5401954020