Perfect: Game, Frame & PITA

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Baer Charlton

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So when the wife comes home on Thursday and says "Could You" and "Just" in the same sentence. Followed by a sentence containing "I told them" and "because you are so good at it".

:faintthud:

So Sunday when I had a few minutes stolen from making my Liquor Cabinet (now in it's second year)..... I figured out some ideas... for an 8x10 of some guy Larsen pitching a perfect "no hitter" game in the 1956 World Serious.... (guess it's a big deal) and a ball he signed.

Oh, did I mention she needs it tomorrow (Thursday)?

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But, where's the ball? Stored in the frame. Where the box is also stored.
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Put it all together....
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The fabric is a cotton jersey duck, that I hand pin-striped. Frame was a board this morning at 7:55. Buy 9 it was becoming four sides of a frame to be. At 3pm, frame was finished and started on the mats.
Acrylic box was done on Monday. Customer can take the ball out and play with it anytime they want.

She had better not bring home anymore of those footballs signed by Don James.... :icon9:
 
How do you have a fabric pin striped? How did you make the little bats?
Now I've seen everything. Well, maybe not.

Awesome, your wife is a lucky gal to have such built in help. This one should go on your site.
 
That is awesome, Baer. I love the baseball bats & ball in each corner and the pin stripes are so perfectly straight. And, to come with such a cool idea and implement it so quickly - wow.

I'm also interested in how you had the pin stripes put on the fabric. I'm assuming you carved the bats and balls?

Great job :thumbsup:
 
Good job, Baer. I like the way you handled the mounting of the ball.

You did get at least a fifty percent deposit didn't you?
 
Baer, Great Job! So, is the black box in the back that the frame attaches to a custom acrylic box? If so, how did you attach the hinges to acrylic?
 
Morning Baer
Nice job!

I like the pinstripe idea!
 
Awesome! A concept only Baer could conceive... Anyone noticed how the pinstripes seem to make the frame appear crooked? :cool:
 
McGyver... the frame is crooked.... of course. NOT! I guess I should learn how to reduce the lens distortion in PS.

Hinge and clasp are acrylic and screw into frame, but are glued to box. One thing to note... the box the ball comes in is part of the "value" and stores snuggly under the ball holder.

Pin stripe is applied with textile paint in Ruling Pen after mat is wrapped. Thought about applying a bit of grass stain... but withheld due to the alkaline nature of grass chlorafil ... was a 10.5. Wow, who knew? :D

Little bats & balls are from Michael's but need flattening off on body grinder.

Oh Jo, you are sooooooo funny. This was produced for wife to look good as a contribution for auction for Banfield Charitable Trust. [It's fur the kitties and puppies.... they fund spay and neuter clinics as well as other very needed good things. They supported 20 vets for months after Katrina doing rescue, repair, recovery, spay & neuter and general vet care at no charge. So how could I not?]

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering... the under-mat is some kind of black core rag... :D
 
Awesome, Baer.

:thumbsup:

By the way ...the trick to finishing that liquor cabinet is not keeping it stocked while you're working on it.

:p


By the way...just curious ...

What ya' gonna do when she brings home a championship bowling ball?
 
You pin striped the fabric AFTER you wrapped it? Confidence!

I just love this one.
 
Confidence? Nah, if you mess it up, just wrap another..... It's not like messing up the last fabric board and having to wait for the next shipment... :D

And we always have about 3-4 yards of antique Jersey fabric around.... it also looks great on old photos of racing sailboats.... especially when you sew a gusset in it and stencil a number..... :D
 
Baer I am raeding and learning.

Baer please understand that my fabric wrapping skills were very limited and poor. I also awaited your explanation of the bats and balls with much anticipation.

I actually wondered how you achieved the finished work with out the difficulties my inexperince would have resulted in and you answered them well.

I found the fabrics with straight line patterns were a nightmare to keep staright around opennings especially around circles since the lines tended to bend slightly towards the curves which were very noticeable. That affect is what I would suspect to cause the illusion of the frame being crooked but evenif the camera angle isn't the best I just don't see it. I have some horrnedus experience with a similar problem of the garin in the wood of the frame causeing the clent to think the mat was crooked. LOL So adding the lines after the fabric is mounted just makes everything easier doesn't it?

When I first looked at the Frame I was amazed to not see any seam of any degree in the balls . So much so I kept wondeing if the frame was routed out of a single board resulting in a hand made wooden Closed Corner Frame. Then when you finally said you bought them and flattened them and attached them I was a bit releved to know my eye sight wasn't failing.

The Ball in the Plexi box is bit confuseing though. Is it just as big as the ball or is it the size of the frame? If small does it stand on the base ? Otherwise how does it hang?


I also saw a Monument being dedicated ( a Pooch and Kitty Statue) here in N'awlins for the same worthy event.( They supported 20 vets for months after Katrina doing rescue, repair, recovery, spay & neuter and general vet care at no charge.)

You are definetly the design king. How long do you take to decide on what you are going to do? Also do you change your mind a few times or does it come right to you. That makes me think of the native American lady sculpter that appeared on the PBS commerical who said the Stone spoke to her and told her what it wanted her to make of it.

BUDDY
 
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