A Celtic Knotwork Mirror Frame

[Capt Bruce]

For those of Celtic heritage or if you just like knotwork carvings and nautical themes here is a four foot square mirror frame I'm making for our powder room wall. I used the Celtic Knots Inverted font in three rows of Centerline text to carve the patterns with a 60 degree bit.

Assembled with pocket hole screws for strength.


Sorry but the next photo is laid on it's side and I don't know how to rotate it within this post.

Stained with Minwax Cherry and three coats of Gloss Spar Urethane.

Scuffed up for a slightly antique look.




Hope this adds something to the stewpot of ideas.

[DocWheeler]

That came out very nice Capt. Bruce. The carving looked very crisp, and the finish looks good as well.
Thanks for sharing.

[Old Salt]

Like the look .
Good work

[mtylerfl]

Excellent! Beautiful project, Capt!

[TerryT]

That turned out pretty cool. Good work.

[Smoken D]

Yep, very nice!

[eelamb]

Nice work on the frame.

[STEAM]

Capt Bruce That is a very nice frame. Great idea and very well made.

[mabco12]

Very nice captain B!! How long did it take to carve??

[Capt Bruce]

Hi MABCO12,

With the project designed as two side rails on each of two 8" boards the cut time was about 3 1/2 hours each at Best quality. Then a simple tablesaw rip down the center and sand, sand, sand of those side faces. Not much sanding on the carvings which came out very clean. The side rails dimensions were somewhat longer than the top or bottom and included the galeons so they took longer to carve being both raster and vector carvings.

Thank you all for your kind comments and thoughts. I'd share the MPCs but you need both Centerline and the commercial font to make it all work.