traditional chinese signboard

so the grape seller’s been swatting flies with chopsticks at home so he decided to retire and do something else.

this! sis sent me a link and i was inspired haha.



the yellowing banana’s calligraphy skills not bad eih? :P nah lah. was printed and traced. if you want the .ttf file please bellow lol. credits to ning, ziman and ken for their pro vocab!



the wood is cut to roughly a4 size. i had to combine the wood to size because mine came in this size. it was messy sawing but okay lah. used buncho’s wood carving tool; whacking the outside perimeter to a depth of around 0.5 cm with a ‘knife’ first will make life a lot more easier.



then play cheat by filling the gaps with putty. used durofilla powder (myr 4.00). proper viscosity so that it won’t crack lah. 



then make a viscous profile for the (alphabets?) so that it looks 3D-ish. used my fingers to do the job. way easier.



painted it with pearl gold paint (very expensive lah. 100g for myr 18.) potong stim lor.



then black paint.



leave it overnight and paint another layer if necessary.



there, the end product. looks alright yeah? :)
apparently this thingy ushers in good tidings and peace for households.


huat, lai ah lai ah! lol. :D