My N162 King Kelly - made from cut commons

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by PolarBear

That's impressive work. I must say though that I'd be even more impressed if you made it entirely from N162 cards.

+1 very impressive work. To somewhat steal Don's idea a T206 Wagner made out of beater T206 cards would be beyond amazing.

[TimCarrollArt]

Thanks, everyone!

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Tim, you're pieces are fantastic. How large is the Kelly?

Thank you, Jay. I'm not at home right now, but the dimensions are in the neighborhood of 19.5" x 30.5" - give or take a quarter inch.

Originally Posted by PolarBear

That's impressive work. I must say though that I'd be even more impressed if you made it entirely from N162 cards.

Insanity! I love it.

Originally Posted by bnorth

+1 very impressive work. To somewhat steal Don's idea a T206 Wagner made out of beater T206 cards would be beyond amazing.

I've read through several of the T206 threads on here. I believe someone would send a hit squad if they knew my scissors were near something like that.

Tim

[Joe_G.]

Add me to the list of those that are impressed. Interesting art work. I only wish Big Dan Brouthers' N162 was as pretty as Anson & Kelly. Those two cards are in a class of their own.

[1880nonsports]

thanks for sharing the images.......

[EvilKing00]

Thats so awesome! Always love seeing your work

[Paul S]

Tim, great work as always. What material do you use as a canvas? Cloth, wood, plastic or...?

[mark evans]

Wow...impressive stuff

[Iron Horse]

Great job!
Enjoy my Gehrig everyday

[baseballfan]

very cool

great job!

[z28jd]

Love the work you do and honestly, anything that takes some cards from that era out of circulation is a good thing. You do it the best way though. Hope you're busy for many years!

[TimCarrollArt]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Add me to the list of those that are impressed. Interesting art work. I only wish Big Dan Brouthers' N162 was as pretty as Anson & Kelly. Those two cards are in a class of their own.

I agree....and I I may add Keefe to my future workload just to have one of the N162's on my own wall.

Originally Posted by Paul S

Tim, great work as always. What material do you use as a canvas? Cloth, wood, plastic or...?

Thank you! I use a sturdy foam board as my canvas. I never really have considered using any other canvas. The first one I made 6-7 years ago was made on the foam board. I realized immediately that once I affixed the cards to it - the only way they were coming off is if I used a blade to pry and scrape. I liked how durable it was, so I have never changed.

Originally Posted by Iron Horse

Great job!
Enjoy my Gehrig everyday

Awesome, Ruben - great to hear from you!

Originally Posted by z28jd

Love the work you do and honestly, anything that takes some cards from that era out of circulation is a good thing. You do it the best way though. Hope you're busy for many years!

Thank you! I hope so as well - it is fun meeting so many people in the hobby (in person and online), as well as hearing some of the stories that are being shared of why a particular card is so important to them.


Tim

[jl9999]

wow, that's really impressive.

[clydepepper]

Awesome, Tim !

I hope you rest your eyes enough.

I'd love to see one based on 1964 Topps #136- Koufax Strikes Out 15

-that was the first ML game I ever saw.


and 1933 Goudey #144 - the best Babe card (IMO)
.

[TimCarrollArt]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Awesome, Tim !

I hope you rest your eyes enough.

I'd love to see one based on 1964 Topps #136- Koufax Strikes Out 15

-that was the first ML game I ever saw.


and 1933 Goudey #144 - the best Babe card (IMO)
.

Thank you! I could always use extra rest. I teach during the day, so the artwork comes at night and on weekends/holidays. What a first MLB game....no wonder you are still involved with the game's history after all these years! The first game I ever watched - in any capacity - was the 1988 World Series Game 1. We only had 3 TV channels (antenna), and a storm had knocked 2 of them out. I was left to watch a sport I cared nothing about. Then Gibson changed my life. I had chills and couldn't explain them. I spent the next couple of years watching trying to get that feeling again, and then Puckett delivered it to me in '91.

Oh, and that Babe card is awesome - I'm sure I'll get to it someday soon. The next piece off the table (almost certainly in the next 3-4 weeks) is actually the 1933 green back Goudey Ruth.


Tim