OP
Just Puttering
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I recently made a simple stretcher frame for a canvas print using cheap 1x3 lumber & pocket screws.
For the image, I used a poster that I had found on the ground at the only F1 race I have ever been close to.
During a month long backpacking adventure around Europe, my wife & I watched the 1994 Monaco Grand prix from a bar near our Hostel in Nice. As soon as Schumacher in the Benetton got the checkered flag, we popped down the street to catch the train, and 15 minutes later we were in Monaco. After the race the public had free access to the site and so we were able to walk the entire track which was really cool.
Here is me (white shirt) at the hairpin.
As they were starting to open the roads to traffic, there were various posters pulled from the barriers lying around. I picked one up that was slightly torn, folded it up, and put it in my pocket. It got badly creased. A few months ago, I came across the old poster showing Senna in the McLaren winning the 1993 race, and as I have recently been trying to figure out how to use the various photo apps that came with my computer, I thought I would see what I could do with it.
I scanned it one quarter at a time on my desktop printer/scanner, stitched the four images together, and using the various blending & cloning tools was able to get rid of the tears and creases, re-size it larger, and punch up the faded color. I sent the file to one of those cheap online printing places, and 6 days later got a nice canvas print which I stretched today, and mounted on the hinged board covering the garage electrical panel.
Rather pleased with the way it turned out, and seeing it in the garage brings back great memories .
For the image, I used a poster that I had found on the ground at the only F1 race I have ever been close to.
During a month long backpacking adventure around Europe, my wife & I watched the 1994 Monaco Grand prix from a bar near our Hostel in Nice. As soon as Schumacher in the Benetton got the checkered flag, we popped down the street to catch the train, and 15 minutes later we were in Monaco. After the race the public had free access to the site and so we were able to walk the entire track which was really cool.
Here is me (white shirt) at the hairpin.
As they were starting to open the roads to traffic, there were various posters pulled from the barriers lying around. I picked one up that was slightly torn, folded it up, and put it in my pocket. It got badly creased. A few months ago, I came across the old poster showing Senna in the McLaren winning the 1993 race, and as I have recently been trying to figure out how to use the various photo apps that came with my computer, I thought I would see what I could do with it.
I scanned it one quarter at a time on my desktop printer/scanner, stitched the four images together, and using the various blending & cloning tools was able to get rid of the tears and creases, re-size it larger, and punch up the faded color. I sent the file to one of those cheap online printing places, and 6 days later got a nice canvas print which I stretched today, and mounted on the hinged board covering the garage electrical panel.
Rather pleased with the way it turned out, and seeing it in the garage brings back great memories .
