Hello All. For this community challenged we were inspired to build a custom nursery wall art for a special couple who after years of difficulty, followed by several years of doctors visits, finally had biology play fair and are now looking forward to bringing their first little bundle of joy into 2022. The design was motivated by they own childhood joy for Winnie the Pooh.
The piece is 30x40” and we look forward to it being displayed shortly.
I cut out the letters from 1/4" thick walnut, and ended up recutting about 9 of the letters due to the grain pattern and apparently having “too strong” of double-sided tape underneath holding the board down. My wife was kind enough to volunteer to layout and glue down all the letters. The oak tree and branch pieces were cut out in a similar manner.
Wanted Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to appear like an old-fashioned black and white image so we laser engraved them into the baltic birch plywood backing. The image was larger than our Ortur laser so we had to do it in multiple set-ups to get it all in.
We cut some 3/4" yellowhart pieces on the bandsaw for the beehive and ordered some bees from Amazon to add some whimsical depth and tactile features for the little one to enjoy.
The pieces was finished with a 1x1.5” walnut frame. I was planning to spray finish it in the garage but with the outside temperature at -26 Celsius, the space heater wasn’t going cut it so we brushed on a clear finish in the basement today to get it done in time to submit for our entry.
Thanks for reading, looks like we have some stiff competition going on in this challenge, best of luck everyone!