Bishops Coat of Arms

[Brian Harnett]

I was commissioned to do two coats of arms one for the retiring bishop and one for the new one.

They will be getting painted today all of the 3d work I did by hand I used the bot to pocket the bulk out.

Most of the carving was done with dremels and diamond bits, and a carbide oval that removes a lot of wood in short order. the wood is red oak it power carves well.
Was an interesting job and as usual I underestimated my time but thats life.

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[phil_o]

Impressive. What are the dimensions?

Phil

[Brian Harnett]

Phil, they are 18" tall by 15 1/2" wide 1 1/2 thick

[chiloquinruss]

Very well done! Russ

[Brady Watson]

Very nicely done! You should have one of them scanned so that your hard work can be preserved.

-B

[Brian Harnett]

Got them painted up and up to the contractor for delivery.

Brady, I like the idea that they are unique by my hand that is all I have with these, they are not my original design I worked off pictures and drawings to a set of loose guidelines. So while I enjoyed the work it was not a special creative piece. I did sign the backs so I will never miss Mass.

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[t_vandemark]

Job well done Brian. Very nice.

[myxpykalix]

you must have steady hands to do all that different painting without messing up.....good job!:D

[Ajcoholic]

coincidentally I was contacted by the local Catholic Bishop's office to see if I could make up some of the same type of plaques (but V carved not 3D).

I have the vector files and bought some new bits but havent had a chance to work on it yet.

So was this all cut by hand - nothing on the CNC?

[Brian Harnett]

Andrew I cut the outline and pocketed out around the roping and outlined some of the coat all the 3d work was done by hand I can carve faster than drawing it all up in the computer, and it still would have needed hand work after machining.