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My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:13 pm
by bradtoulouse
Told you I'd get around to posting a pic of this....
Faithfully recreated from the two pictures in Tenyoism.....I submit for your consideration a working reproduction of the impossible to find T44 Coin Coaster....

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:16 pm
by Roberto B.
wow...this is beautiful!!

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:51 pm
by bradtoulouse
thank you....
i used the directions from tenyoism as faithfully as i could.....it was hard to make out all the artwork but i think i got it pretty close....
i keep musing about making a second one.....it was a pain in the keister and incredibly time consuming....maybe at some point

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:59 pm
by Rob Rand
What? Did you make did yourself??? Thought it was a coaster you bought in a souvenir shop :)

Really great... You did bake it in an oven? It looks like porcelain...

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:03 pm
by bradtoulouse
The original was made from beer mats.....I followed that premise.....

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:12 pm
by SimonC
Are your graphics hand drawn? They look great!

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:08 pm
by bradtoulouse
yes they were.....took me about three weeks to work on them a bit at a time....had to start over a few times....

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:18 pm
by SimonC
Wowza! Well done :)

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:49 pm
by bradtoulouse
thank you

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:08 pm
by EvanS
Wow! Very nice!

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:48 pm
by bradtoulouse
I appreciate the compliment

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:16 pm
by VictorS
Wow...what a nice a beautiful creation Brad. The design and illusion is perfect to conceal the secret area. Did it work similar to other plastic coin coasters existed in the market ? I believe this version is much better and look more natural. Well it`s a beer mats. What can be more natural than that ! :) ;)

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:00 am
by David DeTenyo
Awesomeness!!!

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:42 am
by BluBob
Beautiful work Brad!

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:46 am
by bradtoulouse
One of the challenges in making this was getting the flap tension correct. As per the instructions I used dental dam. Stretching and gluing it in place proved challenging and the work of someone who had eight hands would have been easier!

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:54 am
by gazpratley
Absolutely Amazing ,looks so cool !

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:35 am
by Richard Kaufman
Victor, you really need to buy Tenyoism. :) It's fully described in there.

Re: My pride and joy.....my coin coaster!

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:27 am
by VictorS
Sure Richard, it`s in my wish list which hopefully fulfill in 2017. Still filling my piggy bank until it reaches the sufficient level :) Hope I still have chance for it.