Davy Jones' Locker (the making of)

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

Maybe one of my primary skills is to pattern (or talking big?), I think that is a good skill for an old pirate like me. You know, the looting ships business is more for younger lads, telling the tales is more appropriate for riper dudes.

A few days ago I started to renovate me a chest (or a locker) to use it at future pirate encampments. While I was thinking how to alter an old wooden locker to my new needs I started to spin a backstory of this locker, how I got it, who the prepossessor was etc. And suddenly a muse was kind enough to me to make up a really nice story (at least I believe so). But this is another story

I have uploaded some pictures here: https://pyracy.com/index.php/gallery/album/657-making-of-davy-jones-locker/

Later I will post the pictures in this topic (as soon as I have the time to upload them somewere else. I somehow are not allowed to link the picture from my members gallery in this post?)

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

The design was made in corelDRAW

cutting out the letters and glueing them to the sign

attaching of the rope

attaching of a cord to the hour glass

first coat of primer

Edited May 26, 2015 by 'Beer Belly' Bellamy

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

more cord attaching around the letters

another coat of primer

First six coats of golden color (the hour glass was first supposed to be blue, but I changed my mind later)

more color added

the nameplate attached to the locker

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

there are still more rope onraments to attach to the locker, but first the several coats of red has to dry

more rope ornaments added

yesterday I ran out of rope (because it was a holiday in Germany so I had to wait till today to buy more rope)

I am still working on the locker. More pictures will follow

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

more rope attached

the backside

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

Mr. Christian -

Well done!

I just saw your Davy Jones Locker photos. Awesome!

What is the base (material) for the placque and ropes?

I will answer here.

Thank you Mr. Hook!

The main material is cardboard (2mm thick). The background was glued on a plywood plate with addidional wodden strips left, right and center to give the background a slightly wave. The letters are cardboard too. All brush-painted serveral times with PVA glue (the glue you use in woodworkings - we call it white glue = "Weißleim"). The cords were fixed also with PVA glue and the ropes were heavily brush-painted with it too. This unusual covering with PVA glue "turns" all materials in a kind of "plastic", pores and small gaps got filled well with that glue and you even can shape (or mold) a little so all gets a good blending. Later all will look like lacquered wood and after several weeks it became very hard and durable. The rope is an ordinary rope from a local hardware store.

In real life I am an educated joiner, so I had to deal with this PVA glue very extensive and I lerned to love this kind of glue.

Edited May 27, 2015 by 'Beer Belly' Bellamy

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

After several (thick) coats of paint you won't tell the difference between this glue "refined" ropes (or cardboards) and wooden ornament strips

Edited May 27, 2015 by 'Beer Belly' Bellamy

[Jas. Hook]

Mr. Christian -

A splendid job and assembly.

It gives one much thought and ideas for future projects.

Jas. Hook

[Jib]

Nicely done!

[madPete]

I love how you take pics at various stages. I usually am so absorbed in the work I forget to take pics. But I have

done a few like that.

mP

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]

Unfortunately I forget also to make enough pictures mainly when I do "miracles" (or as another would say: "when things come/fit together just a miraculous way by sometimes pure incident" ), because I am too focused and deep in "the world of arts and crafts ZEN". Later I will post some more pictures.

['Beer Belly' Bellamy]