A VERY Special 007 Birthday gift
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Hi Guys,
Just wanted to share this VERY special Birthday gift I received from my Brother-in-Law, Tony Kunz.
He’s been secretly working on this for months!!! At first, it appears to just be a drawing on wood under a frame but it’s hardly that at all. You can see by the steel 12-inch ruler under the first photo that it’s quite large.
Each one of the various actors to have played Bond was meticulously cut out of wood. This type of woodworking is called FRET work. In this the negative space is carefully cutout with a scroll saw.
The second set of photos taken at an angle better illustrates how this was made.
A plain black vinyl backing behind each of the portraits is the black that you see show through the missing spaces.
I think it’s amazing that someone can do this let alone achieve a likeness. Some of the parts are so thin that it’s hard to believe that he was able to do it without the wood cracking. The scroll saw blade he used was approximately the width of a human hair!!!
I was extremely surprised to have received this. He is a true Master woodworker and this shows you the amount of talent he has as well as the kindness to have spent such a looooong time to get this made for me.
Ed
Just wanted to share this VERY special Birthday gift I received from my Brother-in-Law, Tony Kunz.
He’s been secretly working on this for months!!! At first, it appears to just be a drawing on wood under a frame but it’s hardly that at all. You can see by the steel 12-inch ruler under the first photo that it’s quite large.
Each one of the various actors to have played Bond was meticulously cut out of wood. This type of woodworking is called FRET work. In this the negative space is carefully cutout with a scroll saw.
The second set of photos taken at an angle better illustrates how this was made.
A plain black vinyl backing behind each of the portraits is the black that you see show through the missing spaces.
I think it’s amazing that someone can do this let alone achieve a likeness. Some of the parts are so thin that it’s hard to believe that he was able to do it without the wood cracking. The scroll saw blade he used was approximately the width of a human hair!!!
I was extremely surprised to have received this. He is a true Master woodworker and this shows you the amount of talent he has as well as the kindness to have spent such a looooong time to get this made for me.
Ed
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Went into it {[] and it looks amazing.
Good luck trying to get your brother-in-law a present for HIS birthday...
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Ask him if he has the time to do us all one
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However, he will entertain serious inquiries for individual portraits or groupings similar to what he did for me.
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Great Art work. {[]
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How about larger "puzzle" versions for kids?
With black detachable pieces, and much larger to make the cutting easier.
I bet plenty of young bond fans would love one for Xmas.
Just don't put James bond or 007 on the box
Just a thought.
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I hope you had a great birthday.
I would be interested in contacting your friend to see about commissioning a portrait (non- Bond related).
If anyone else is interested... he is considering doing individual Bond portraits as well.
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Congratulations are in order!
Many Happy Returns as well...
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Glad to have had the pleasure of making so many new friends on AJB.
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Belated Happy Birthday ED {[]
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He will be entertaining commissions.
Ed
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