Joel OF Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I've been working on some arts and crafts stained glass style gates and yesterday I had a dummy run install to check they're 100% before they go off for zinc flame spray & a green vinyl top coat chosen by the client. The client requested a small design change so the final design was just a smidge different to what I originally pitched, for some reason my original drawing won't upload so I can't post that. They're the 2nd pair of back garden gates I've done this year for clients who wanted leafy gates to keep the dogs out of certain areas of the garden - hooray for dogs. Needless to say these pictures were taken from the "back side", I didn't make them back to front. Nearly everyting was cold formed, I rolled the 40 x 12mm top curve and the 40 x 10mm lower curves. The roses and leaf stems where all cold bent but the leaves and the 40 x 6mm hinge eyes I did hot. Here's a video on the leaves... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7CiBSJk3U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Joel, Great work, Beautiful gate and great video. Thanks for sharing. It is very inspiring even if I'm still not trying to do gates just yet. keep up the awesome work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Very pleasing on the eye, Joel. Stylish, flowing lines and I like that they are not symmetrical. Your client will love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Next Dog Gates for the inside stairs in large estates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Those are really great (grate?), but I do have one small detail critique: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the originator of this A&C-style rose, didn't use the kind of curves that you've created with the stalks in the two outermost panels on each side. You've used reverse curves to create a vase-like shape that swells through the base, narrows at the neck, and then flares out again. A much more Mackintosh-y version would be to have those curves be longer, with more of a slow sweep and with the concave side facing inward. Think of them as segments of a large oval; they'll create a greater sense of visual unity across the entire piece as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Cheers folks. Glad the vase like shape was recognized, that was the object of the exercise. I'm well and truely familiar with Mackintosh and am even planning a trip to the Willow Tea Rooms for my birthday so I can sit in his chairs, he is my hero. The variation off his style (into Victor Horta style art nouveau curves) was deliberate. My rose designs were also inspired by, not copied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Ah, so a sort of Mackintorta or Hortintosh style. Gotcha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I really like the gates Joel but they virtually forced me into a down under persona to respond. That's a Great Gate Grate Mate! Say THAT 3 times fast. Seriously well done. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 THAT, THAT, THAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Okay, now say "Tai Chi teacher chugs chai tea" five times fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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