Another new lathart picture

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Another new lathart picture

Postby childe » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:42 am

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I just finished this lathart picture. I did this piece for a local art gallery, so that I could hang it there to promote lathart. To those of you that do not know what lathart is; I rip 2x4's into 1/4" strips, and I use these strips to create a picture. I finish the picture by painting the pieces with dilluted oil paints, so that I can rub them off and maintain the grain of the wood. I also cut my frames out of 2x4's.


Chris

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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby Dan » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:12 pm

Chris,

That is so cool. I always like to try new things, so I think one of these days I'll give lathart a try. You make it sound so easy, but I don't have an artistic eye. Any pointers?

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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby roddy » Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:42 pm

very nice....everything looks quite precise for lathart...can tell you are an experienced scroller....almost looks like a lasered kit(but i know it's not)....i've done a few "paintings" more in the degroot style with more uneven gaps....
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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby childe » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:03 pm

Thank's roddy! It's nice to hear from another interested lathart follower. I would love to see some of your work. I've been scrolling since 96. I've done intarsia, fret, and standard cutouts, but I've grown kind of partial to the lathart.

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My name is Chris and I am a 39 year old husband, and father, of four children. I have been scrolling since 1996, mostly in intarsia. Recently I have been doing something called lathart.
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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby roddy » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:16 pm

the duck was my first attempt....then i did the bridge and then the daisy basket....i am working on an old mill in a nearby small town....hope to be done with that in a couple days...
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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby childe » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:56 am

Those are great roddy! Did you draw your own renditions of the Degroot work? What kind of paint do you use? I'd like to try some Degroot style lathart. When I first started doing lath, I just kind of took my own direction with it. Are you familiar with Tom Bramhils blog site? Keep up the nice work. Maybee we can give lathart the re-emergence it deserves.

Chris
My name is Chris and I am a 39 year old husband, and father, of four children. I have been scrolling since 1996, mostly in intarsia. Recently I have been doing something called lathart.
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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby roddy » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:11 am

yes i did draw them....oil paints thinned with oms.....is that the site that you have your latest posted on(lathart help.blog)?? i'm out to "paint" my next one...it's a rendition of an old area mill that has got about 95 pieces....'lathart is like potato chips....seems you can't stop with just one'.....
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Re: Another new lathart picture

Postby childe » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:55 pm

That site is a blog, constructed by Tom Bramhill. He's a very interesting person. Have you seen any of his works? If not, go to the site, and check out the lathart paintings link. He actually taught Woodscapes about the whole kit thing, and ended up selling rights to his pictures. A funny thing happend to me this past spring. I've got about 5 of the kits hanging in a family restaurant that my family operates, and a picture of the restaurant that I did as my first solo attempt at lathart. Anyways, a lady and her husband were visiting a local friend of theirs, and were eating in our restaurant when she looked up and observed what she reffered to as "her pictures", becauses, as I found out, she now owns woodscapes, and many of the drawings that have been formatted into lath kits are her artwork. The odds of this lady coming into this small town restaurant in North Carolina, all the way from Ottawa Canada, with lathart on the walls, not mention the fact that I was creating my own. From what I can tell, there are'nt many people out there doing lathart, so It's kind of rare to find someone that is. As a matter of fact, you are the first person aside from myself that I have spoken to that has created his own lathart, so it's nice to meet you. I would love to see your newest piece when it is complete. I'm kind of out of commission for a little while, because I've got some extensive house projects in the works, but I love to talk lath, so feel free to e-mail me any time at sprucewoodcreations@yahoo.com

Chris
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