Former co-worker asked if I would burn a wedding plaque. Her wife-to-be had a piece of wood that had special meaning to her.  I believe her father was going to do something for her years ago - but passed before he could do anything - thus the special meaning for her.

 

Initial request was to simply put name and wedding date on plaque - if you know me I don't do simple very well - LOL. With their approval I went on to design several layouts and let them pick the one they liked - this is what we agreed on!

 

Congratulations Tina and Stephanie!

 

This was the initial piece of wood I was given.  Heavy saw marks and not flat at all

 

After using hand plane and drum sander - this is what it looked like.  Beautiful piece of wood

 

After several layouts - this was the pattern we all agreed on - ended up changing the names to initials.  Lettering was too small for me to comfortably burn the names.

 

Pattern transferred

 

Burning complete with a couple close-ups.  Still need to put several coats of poly on it

Edited July 22, 20206 yr by IrishWoodCarver

Nice.   Good thing you could use the piece from her dad and make something special for them.

Beautiful!!

That's just really nice. Beautiful job!

+1 on the wood and job.  

That's super Irish

Congrats to the new couple.

That is some beautiful work.