Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Perhaps it's a little bit early but with Labor Day coming up here is a little sentiment for the working folks out there.

You Wanna Talk About Paitence?

Pretty proud of this one. Took me about three days cutting an hour or two at at time to finish this one. Took me almost an hour to locate a drill all the holes for the openings but in the end it was worth it...don't you think.
This isn't a particularly hard pattern to cut. It just takes a lot of time and a lot of patience. The patience comes in because, as you can see, There are a multitude of tiny holes to cut and each is shaped a little bit differently. So it is cut, detach the blade, thread the next hole, cut, and repeat for as long as it takes to finish.
Now the challenge is going to be framing it. I'll use black felt for a backer or I put a 1/8th inch backer board painted black behind the bird (it's a Peregrine Falcon). It's an odd size (7 1/2 wide by eight inches tall) so it won't fit a standard frame. I'll need to custom make one for it. Should have planned better on that one. This one is not for sale (the price I would have to charge for it you wouldn't want to pay). It's just for me! I don't make enough things for myself anymore so I'm gonna keep this one.