Quick Project

[Martin Boekers]

I needed to to come up with a nice gift for a retiree on base.
Had to include the St. Louis Arch and our historic main gate on base.
Not much time as they needed it now! When through my stuff,
sheet acrylic, plastics and bases. This is what I came up with.
Much nicer than the photo. The silver plastic really finished it off.

Cut and engraved the acrylic, cut the Arches (front and back) out
of brushed silver IPI plastic then cut a slot in a black acrylic base.

I mounted the silver Arches to the front and back with tape then
fit it into the base.

Working on the wood oval base tonight, final piece will be a desk namebar.

This piece as you see it, will now be a standard offering in the shop.

"Bottom of the Ninth, Bases Loaded, 2 outs and a Full Count......."
You all know what I am talking about.:D

[Douglas J Miller]

Nice work!

[Dee Gallo]

Nice gift idea, Martin. One design suggestion: make a horizon line (could be very thin or faint dot pattern) to ground the building... it appears to be floating. I like the use of a different material on the arch, too.

:) dee

[Mike Null]

Martin

Very nice work--great idea!

[Amy Shelton]

Great job, and thanks for sharing the pic with us!

[Martin Boekers]

Nice gift idea, Martin. One design suggestion: make a horizon line (could be very thin or faint dot pattern) to ground the building... it appears to be floating. I like the use of a different material on the arch, too.

:) dee

Thanks for the input!

I tried it at the edge but didn't like the way it looked, but I hadn't thought of blending it
to the bottom edge. Sometimes solutions are right in front of us.

I'll give it a shot!

Thanks!

[Martin Boekers]

Final piece!

Fuzzed out the name as it hasn't been presented yet.

This is a desk namebar, name on front sentiment on back.

[Liesl Dexheimer]

Absolutely gorgeous & unique gift!

[Bren Kano]

Awesome job! Thanks for sharing.

[Dee Gallo]

Great combination of textures and hard/soft lines, warm/cool elements - this will be a big hit, Marty!

The base provides the missing horizon line, nice!

cheers, dee

[Mike Null]

Marty

Absolutely first class. Be prepared to make a lot of those.

[Chuck Stone]

That's sharp ..

[Frank Corker]

Really nice job there. Very striking!

[sal shepherd]

Great job, real clean and elegant look