arfink Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Quite a few Phatmassers participated in my little game for January to help me pick a saint to do an engraving of. Well, the engraving is ready to show off now, so here are some pictures! These engravings of St. Thomas Aquinas were meant to be ready in January, but delays caused by a blown laser tube and other problems means they're a bit late. First I have a brand new thing: prayer-card sized engravings. I've had tons of requests for something in this size, and have decided it's high time I made them. Expect to see most of my old designs and plenty of new ones coming out in prayer-card sizing in the coming months. I also have a picture of the first two test-engravings of the larger size pieces. These are oiled, and clearly demonstrate why I need to wait for my new laser tube before these are ready for people to own. TheresaThoma will be receiving a large engraving and a prayer-card sized engraving as a prize for being the first person to suggest the saint I picked to do last month. I'm running a little behind schedule for February, but I will post a thread to do another saint if people are interested in that. Edited February 1, 2014 by arfink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploomf Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I love it, it came out so good! I hope the new tube gets here soon. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Those are JUST LOVELY, ARFink!!!! St. Thomas would say their beauty reflects God! I can't wait until you are ready to go.... a Dominican did something nice for me this week, and I'd like to give one of yours away. Let us know when they are ready! How much are the little guys gonna be? (It does seem kind of funny that you have started your collection of 'little' guys with St. Thomas.... rotfl can you show us one with a quarter or something so we get scale? And what is on the back? AND.... are they too thick to be book marks? and/or would the oil make them NOT a good idea as a book mark? Edited February 1, 2014 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) Sure, here's a shot for scale. The cards are 2 3/4" x 4" in size, and 1/8" thick. They are un-oiled so that they will be able to go into books and such. They are a good bit thicker than a typical holy card, but that's primarily because wood veneer tends to be more fragile than paper, so to use wood I had to go thicker. I would say this is probably a little too thick to be a comfortable bookmark. As for pricing, I haven't set it yet, but definitely somewhere under $10. EDIT: I shoved one into a book just to see what would happen. Thin paperbacks don't seem to like 'em, but bigger books or books with thin pages (Bible, breviary) work OK. Edited February 1, 2014 by arfink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Cool! and I bet they would work BEAUTIFULLY for page hold-down weights for cookbooks and such. St. Thomas SHOULD be the patron of Cookbooks!!!!!! All things in moderation!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Very nice work Arf, did you do the drawing or scan it in? ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 I do my own art. My dad modeled this one, check it out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Comical, you are lucky I am not your dad I would probably punch you in the head for posting that. :) ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 He was surprisingly cool with it. He went from middle aged to middle ages! :hehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I'd love to do a new saint for February. I vote for St. Agatha since she's my mom's patron saint for the year. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicCid Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I'd love to do a new saint for February. I vote for St. Agatha since she's my mom's patron saint for the year. :) Or, the very rarely depicted "St. Joseph, Terror of Demons" cause... Common... That's an awesome name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Or, the very rarely depicted "St. Joseph, Terror of Demons" cause... Common... That's an amesome name. I really wish there was a devotional item with St. Agatha on it that I could give her this week since her feast day is February 5th. She just had surgery so it would be nice to surprise her. That's the saint she drew at random from my bowl for the year during Advent. Mine is St. Margaret Mary (October 17). I had Bl. John Paul II last year and she had Bl. Margaret of Castello. :) Edited February 2, 2014 by MaterMisericordiae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicCid Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I really wish there was a devotional item with St. Agatha on it that I could give her this week since her feast day is February 5th. She just had surgery so it would be nice to surprise her. That's the saint she drew at random from my bowl for the year during Advent. Mine is St. Margaret Mary (October 17). I had Bl. John Paul II last year and she had Bl. Margaret of Castello. :) Check at your local Catholic bookstore if there are any nearby. They would generally have items concerning St. Agatha, given her popularity with being the patron saint of breast cancer patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Check at your local Catholic bookstore if there are any nearby. They would generally have items concerning St. Agatha, given her popularity with being the patron saint of breast cancer patients. I checked one in the next town and they only had a little folder thing on her but no medals and no holy cards. She wouldn't wear the medal anyway unless it was gold because she doesn't wear silver. I wish they had a holy card. I'm going to look online and see if I can get quick shipping. Edited February 3, 2014 by MaterMisericordiae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Much as I'd love to oblige with a St. Agatha holy card, I don't think it'll happen that fast. :P I'll post up the official thread for February some time this coming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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