Comments on: diy project: kate’s wooden portrait

By: carol pulitzer

carol pulitzer — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:21:33 +0000

There’s a beautiful book by Beth Wagner Brust called The Amazing Paper Cuttings of hans Christian Andersen you all might enjoy. I actually licensed one of his designs from the museum in Denmark for some of my products.

By: Peter Shekel

Peter Shekel — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:57:24 +0000

Great idea. I once saw a talented guy who made potraits from iron, but this wooden portrait is more practical and available for everyone.

By: Lynette Andreasen

Lynette Andreasen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:05:13 +0000

wow…I am doing a comission for something like this right now, and this is so smart…one of those things you really wish you would have thought of first! Its awesome!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:07:43 +0000

I like this so much better than a reular silhouette stenciled onto paper and then framed. This has a lot of texture and dimension. Great idea!

By: David Poe

David Poe — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:08:15 +0000

I have seen something like this before, where someone used a stencil to stain a piece of wood; I like this better because of the possibility of having a different grain of wood, or something more interesting as the silhouette. This leaves a lof of room for creativity. I like it!

By: mary

mary — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:44:38 +0000

ok, but how exactly do you make the frame? I’m confused. Maybe I don’t understand too well.

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:39:52 +0000

great idea kate! this would be such a nice little wedding gift to have a silhouette of the happy couple & make it for them. i also love that you use a cute bowl to toss your keys into. is that white bike ceramics? cute!