A Man & his Gunnar.

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A Man & his Gunnar.

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Firstly, it was recommended that rather then plague the forum with various posts I should keep them to one thread. So hear it is. I will update here with future projects.
Secondly, here is a collection of various pieces I've recently done that mainly, on a whole, required the Gunnar to achieve.
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The McLaren
As seen before but here with some close ups.
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The Oasis.
Top right shows you how it arrived to me, left is how it exited the building and bottom right a detail (all mount work).
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Halo Night.
This was a personal piece for my brother, who moved to the other side of the country.
The move brought about the end of a tradition among friends for what was Friday Night Halo Night.
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Land's End to John o' Groats.
For Christmas a lady brought in her boyfriends bike chain from the famous route he had done earlier that year.
It was idea to form the UK with a guess at the bike route. I would of liked the chain to of actually followed his route. But as it was a surprise she couldn't ask him.
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The Marzipan Lily.
Nightmare job, much like the bike chain. Every other pearl link is hand stitched down.
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Torres Shirt.
A standard shirt stretch much like the above but with a complicated mimic drawing of the Anfield Gates. Used gold and white pens on black mount.
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The Map.
Reverse side of the map had a wax finish so nothing would take to it. My order for a roll of Melinex hadn't arrived so used the method I saw in a Scottish Castle on the properties deeds.
Fishing line in a grid system across the map. Top right shows map on a whole. Top left is a close up showing how subtle the fishing line can be. Bottom image is set at such an agle so the line catches the light to show where it is.
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Post by StevenG »

Fantasic - keep 'em coming. The bike chain idea is pure genius :D
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All fab, thanks for posting. Love the anfield gates.
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benjiman grapes wrote:
Chain.jpg
Land's End to John o' Groats.
For Christmas a lady brought in her boyfriends bike chain from the famous route he had done earlier that year.
It was idea to form the UK with a guess at the bike route. I would of liked the chain to of actually followed his route. But as it was a surprise she couldn't ask him.
Not a bad guess, not bad at all :)

http://www.endtoend.info/jogle/route/summary.gif
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Post by Smiffy »

Hey!

I saw a few pieces that you did on the Gunnar Facebook page - great stuff!

Can you furnish me with the info of the pens you are using please? I can't seem to find the perfect pen to use in my F1h!
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Sorry late reply ... been busy as.
But as the compressor is off for maintenance I've been drawn to a stand still.
So thank you Realhotglass.

Smiffy we use Pigment inks which lay a smooth solid line but we have come across the odd pen where the nib doesn't roll that well and a pen that's a joy to use ... Staedtler triplus fineliners, nice range of colours too.
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other pens that work very well are sakura pigment based pens
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Really classy work!

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Very nice Benjamin.....thanks heaps for sharing. Look forward to future posts. :clap:
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