Re: fretwork patterns

There is something in the area of crafts called "Schnerrenschnitte" (sp?).
Is this similar to what you are referring to? Or perhaps a Battenburg lace
pattern-type effect?

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Murray" <jmnc(at)lis.net.au>
To: <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 6:56 PM
Subject: fretwork patterns


> Hi folks,
>
> I do a bit of fretwork as a hobby. Fretwork is cutting out areas of a flat
> sheet so that the contrast between what is missing from the sheet and what
> remains of the sheet produces an image. It's like those cartoon drawings
> that you see in newspapers of largish, angular blocks of black on white.
[If
> anyone knows what that style of drawing is I would love to know as it
would
> give me a tag to search by].
>
> So, why I am posting here is:
>
> Does anyone know of a sequence of steps in photoshop [I got 6.0] that
might
> get and approximation of that effect from photographs. What would your
> intuition say to have a play with.
>
> T.I.A.
>
> John
>

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