Justin recruited me to make more gifts for some machinist friends in the form of quilled logos, and he machined frames for them.
I started with the one for Proteum Machining. The company is based in Arizona, and one of the shirts that Justin has from Proteum Machining features the full name filled in with the AZ flag.
I planned to do the logo with the AZ flag as the color fill, but after I sketched it out, I thought it might look pretty cool to do the whole flag with the logo hidden within it.
I outlined the logo in black and filled it in with the colors of the flag.
I filled the background with slightly lighter colors. If I were to do it over, or do something similar, I would outline the logo with white paper to help it stand out a bit more.
I actually ripped out the yellow and blue from inside the letters and replaced them with darker colors to make sure the logo could be seen.
Justin machined a frame for this one and for the logo that I made for his good friend at Zappetini Consulting.
For this one, I began by printing out the logo and adhering it to a painted background, so that I could get the letters just right.
I outlined the letters in gold-edged paper and filled in the C with layers of the same. For the Z, I made quilled marquise shapes.
To fill in the background, I began by creating some shapes out of shaped marquise quilled pieces. This filled in some larger spaces, which made it easier to then fill in the rest.
I really like how the gold edges of the papers shine against the background.
The frames look amazing, too! Justin made some extras, so I wasn't surprised when he asked me to make one more logo. This one was for Saunders Machine Works.
I began by outlining the letters and then the borders. I used two colors glued together for each outline piece.
Then I filled in the background with more traditional quilled pieces.
This one, of course, looked great in its frame, too.
I know that these have meant a lot to Justin, and I'm glad they've been appreciated by their recipients, too!
