One day, while perusing the internet, I noticed a clip of the French Taunter from Monty Python and couldn’t stop laughing.  It just so happened that a solicitor had knocked at the door a little while earlier, completely oblivious to the current ‘No Soliciting’ sign that was at his eye level.  In my laughter I though that it would be funny if the French Taunter were to greet the next solicitor and Taunt them with a little mocking thrown in for good measure.  I made up this humorous sign to let them know what’s in store.

The design was done in Adobe Illustrator.  I used a crosshatch pattern for the background to give a little additional texture on top of the wood grain.  I used birch plywood and applied blue painters tape to the top side and raster engraved the negative areas away and then vector cut the outline.  Leaving the blue tape on the raised areas, I coated the entire piece with sanding sealer.  After the sealer was almost dry (I should have left it dry completely) I applied a reddish stain.  Once the stain dried I peel the remaining painters tape and gave it a quick sanding with 220 grit sandpaper.