More Image Inlaid Bolo Ties: Juke Box, Songs, 3D Viewer, Espresso Cup

[Bob in SF]

Some dear friends of similar vintage kindly included me in a recent zoom sing-along (and I'm not and never will be a singer).

We concluded with "What a Wonderful World" by Thiele and Weiss, 1967. Louis Armstrong often ended his sets with this tune.

They requested some music-themed bolo ties to brighten the Holidays, so I obliged.

We had a pre-flight cup of espresso as usual to help clear any lyrics cob webs (looking at printed lyrics is cheating).

We reminisced about the old hand held 3D viewers - a lot different than today's 3D and virtual reality.

I modeled/sculpted and colored the juke box, espresso cup, and the 3D viewer in the incredible (totally free and open source) software called Blender - available here with plenty of tutorials to get you up to speed:

blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software

The Freedom to Create

www.blender.org

This software is great for modeling, sculpting, model creation for 3D printing, game asset creation, UV mapping, text handling, 2 and 3D animation, and even video editing - it's the brilliant brain child of Ton Roosendal of Amsterdam - try it! You can code in Python language if so inclined, but no coding is necessary to fully enjoy the software.

I detailed the (real world) bolo-making steps in this earlier post:

Bolo Ties; Produce Labels, Cityscapes, Fish, Birds, Etc.; inlaid into turned wood settings

I've been hooked on bolo ties since they became popular in the 1950's. These are few that I've made over the last several months - pleasant time painting, drawing and compositing images, and some quick wood turning. This was also a good chance to revitalize some of my earlier watercolor...

www.penturners.org

My songful buds like the Bolo Ties, so I'm happy.

Warm regards to all - Bob

 

[Jim15]

Those are awesome.

 

[magpens]

Wonderful !!! . Thank you, Bob !!!

Cool reminder of the Viewmaster era, among other things nostalgic !!!

 

[Alan Morrison]

Sounds like a fun evening.
We normally had acoustic music nights at our house on a Fri evening once a month and not having been able to meet up since March
it's sorely missed.
We havent ventured into the world of Zoom as yet, but who knows.
It's not only a Wonderful world but also a crazy world.
Like your bolo ties, Bob.
Alan

 

[mark james]

Superb!

 

[Dehn0045]

Bob - I love to see the ways that you fuse modern tech with classical artistic technique. Well done and thanks for sharing!

 

[Bob in SF]

Humble thanks to Jim, Mal, Alan, Mark, Sam and to others who looked.

I just realized that I left out "That Old Black Magic" - relevant to lathe turning because of this lyric fragment:
"...'round and 'round I go, up and down I go..."

Here's the better family picture:

Warm regards - Bob