Well, not EXACTLY a family crest. This time I took part of my mother’s family crest and put it into my design. I wanted to make a gift for my uncle for his new house. I suppose I could’ve done the entire crest…but it’s so busy that it didn’t fit what i wanted.
I used a mirror acrylic for the base, and black acrylic for the top. It’s all cut, no engraving. I didn’t take pictures of the back before wrapping it up to ship, but i made it like a picture holder to rest on a nail or screw in the wall.
I used the passthrough for this as it’s about 18x18 inches. I used Weld-on 4 to adhere the pieces together, which was both bad and good.
The good was that it fused quickly with no clean up. The bad was that the applicator dripped a couple times in random locations on the mirror layer, and though i didn’t touch it and let it evaporate, it left imperfections on the surface, like a water mark that will never come off. and I know that if i tried sanding and clear coating it, I’ll do more harm than good, so i left it and hope no one pays as much attention to my work as I do.
It’s also so hard to photograph a mirror. So please excuse the reflected mess.
I doubt anyone is going to look that closely at it to see the mars in it. They’re just going to see a beautiful mirror with part of the family crest on it. I’m sure both Mom and Uncle will love it!
I like Korean culture too (have some cousins) but I could have swore you told us you were of Japanese heritage. (my bad) One of my best friends (and college roommate) mother was from Japan. His uncle was Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawaii. I spent several months touring Japan when I was younger.
Not at all. I was chuckling to myself, but that was before I just realized I confused you for someone else There is another forum member whose wife is Korean and I mixed you up.
There’s been a lot of talk among my family after I made this. My mother wants one, but I want to make it with my grandmother’s family crest instead. I was just looking at it…so much cooler…
Honestly, we’re crest. I prefer crest whitening, even though I’m pretty sure they all have the same amount of active ingredients…i just like the sparkly blue packaging.
and I know that if i tried sanding and clear coating it, I’ll do more harm than good, so i left it and hope no one pays as much attention to my work as I do.
There is another forum member whose wife is Korean and I mixed you up.