Practical Art

[Kevin K]

I Built this radio controlled boat from scratch. One of my hobbies.



Build pictures at
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=719790

[Adrian W]

My wife's quilts:

Quilt & Shames

and our new grand-daughter's Baby Quilt

[Adrian W]

Some other of my wife's quilting:

[Adrian W]

Close up of the Northwoods Quilt

Some of my Paintings but not sure if they quilify as Pratical Art, hope they will be considered Art, maybe even Fine Art????

http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll120/D...mview=slideshow

DesertHawk

[Adrian W]

[quote]Robert is a Potter. He has a studio here at the house, and likes to make practical pieces... cups, bowls, vases, etc...
He made this for our Fiber Stream:

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We call it an Elephant's Foot. I asked him to "throw" a vase-like container that was wider at the bottom than at the top. I then placed an Awning Arm Anchor inside and set it in Plaster-of-Paris.

We use a pair of them to support our awning while camping.

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TOOOOO Cool!

Edit add: Your trailer looks really neat as well. I like the tandum axels, to bad Scamp doesn't use them on their trailers. The "bubble" rock guard looks nice, seems to be able to cover the window a/c when it is closed. Very neat rig.

[Adrian W]

We made guitars in our machine shop. Dave used engine-turning techniques for the finish, and used aircraft grade aluminum for tone quality and sustain.

TOOO Cool!

[Adrian W]

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I just finished building my second mountain dulcimer.
Added a carved head and foot and individual string adjusters.

TOOO Cool! Reallllly a Greatttttt Carving!

[Adrian W]

As part of my job I'm called on every year or two to produce a work of art. I just finished one such work and thought I'd show off a bit.


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This is a PC board for the next generation of IR thermometers. The actual size is .6" x 1.6".

Now it's your turn to show off a bit with any artistic item you're created.

Byron, I am not getting a photo of your art work, is it just me?

I just get this:
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I'd really would like to see it.

[Adrian W]

I Built this radio controlled boat from scratch. One of my hobbies.

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Build pictures at
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=719790

Great Craftmanship.....TOOO Cool!

[Kurt & Ann K.]

We made guitars in our machine shop. Dave used engine-turning techniques for the finish, and used aircraft grade aluminum for tone quality and sustain.

Your guitar is beautiful. Reminds me vaguely of a Dobro.
I once had a friend who made a guitar from an old porcelain bed pan.
Thanks for sharing your imagination and expertise.
Kurt & Ann K.

[Mary F]

These are "whole cloth" quilts, for babies. Made of lightweight satin.

(They're shiny, so the pics don't do them justice. But, I'm posting 'em anyway.)



including birds, dragonflies, grasshopper, frog




with a pair of toads on each corner, lily pads, cattails, dragonflies




and a pair of mice (loosely) based on Victorian "grotesques."

[CarolnJim]

Nothing to add here... No talent in our house.

BUT I am amazed at the wonderful things that all of you have done. Fantastic Work.

Such talent in the FiberglassRV group. Wow!

for sharing.

[Suz]

I have seen Mary's quilting and saying the pictures don't do them justice is an understatement. Her designs and her hand quilting are both amazing.

[Connie M.]

Your guitar is beautiful. Reminds me vaguely of a Dobro.
I once had a friend who made a guitar from an old porcelain bed pan.
Thanks for sharing your imagination and expertise.
Kurt & Ann K.

My husband laughed when I told him about the bed pan guitar.
He's quite fond of folk music, but current project is designing 7 string guitars - for a bunch of metalheads.

[ronsmith100]

We made guitars in our machine shop. Dave used engine-turning techniques for the finish, and used aircraft grade aluminum for tone quality and sustain.

Awesome! I love it! I have a CNC mill in my shop and have done a few engine turning do-dads too. Which old car used to have a dash like that? Love it.

I outfitted my CNC mill with a router so I sketch Indian head, scanned, converted it to vector graphics in illustrator and then fed that into Mastercam to get the CNC code for each piece.
One off my most fun projects ever.

[Connie M.]

I outfitted my CNC mill with a router so I sketch Indian head, scanned, converted it to vector graphics in illustrator and then fed that into Mastercam to get the CNC code for each piece.
One off my most fun projects ever.
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Cool Project!