"If I had a hammer...." went the Pete Seeger and Lee Hays song. So this week I've made you a hammer, and rendered four views of it. I've put them on a transparent background so there's nothing to do in cutting them out.
What will you do with your hammer?
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Have fun.
Dave
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Pete's songs are as relevant today as when he wrote and sang them. Here's the history of "If I Had a Hammer":
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-weavers/if-i-had-a-hammer
~ Jane
Thank you, Dave!
I started in Illustrator with an Adobe Stock image that I significantly cleaned up, then Placed (embedded) the hammer to scale and rotate it. I did the text in Illustrator. Then I saved and Placed (Linked) the entire Illustrator file as a SO in Photoshop, where I masked the neck and added pegs so they coud be on a new layer below.
I've seen Pete perform at least a couple of dozen times, sometimes with Woody's son Arlo.
Your hammer is lovely, and thank you for four views plus transparency!
The second I saw the hammer and the reference to Pete, I knew I had to do this as a tribute to Pete and his banjo. I wish my artistic skills weren't so woeful, though!
Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon Dave's Head..
'It was one of those nights when the sky came down and wrapped itself around the world.'
It's the sort of line that you have to read hearing that NY 'cup of cawfee' accent in your head. It's a while since I read any Mickey Spillane, so I might have to treat myself.
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