Creative Woodworks & crafts 2001-04, страница 54

WES' WORKSHOP

Subject: Handmade Gifts

The age-old Christmas present dilemma

As I write this column, the holiday season is in full swing. At this time of year I am reminded of an annual dilemma: what gift do you give that special someone? Each year, one of life's great challenges is finding jusl Lhe right

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the first handmade gift in a wide var

your child gave you, so ^^^ tenderly wrapped with

all that extra paper and f, S ||| p | tape, just so you couldn't '**.

guess what it was; their A? '

obvious impatience at l^^^fl' ;.

your slowness in getting

to your chair to open it, i* $ ^

and their glee with your f m r^

surprise at such a fine '' p gift you will always trea- mI:^^-'/' sure. It brings back ? || § f >■ many fine memories |j|$| M even for an old Scrooge l||pp

As scrollers, we are fortunate in that there are a wide variety of patterns v.,

available lo us. With all Ihh8M the fine artists working today, there is no subject matter not covered,

Besides resources like _{Here are tWQ examp}|_{es of} projects made with Apoxie

Creative Woodworks _Scu|_pt on the left is the Northern Wind ornament with

^anC[ °^{Ur SPS}" Apoxie enhanced eyes, on the

cial Wood Ornaments _{rj ht jsa madeb m grandson}.

issue, which is loaded

with new ornaments

(last year's count was 233 and this year's will be even bigger), there are guite a few good pattern

sources. One example is Rick and Karen Longabaugh's book Holiday Scrollsaw Ornaments, which is available from The Berry Basket, P.O. Box 925, Centralia, WA 98531, (800) 206-9009, website: www.berrybasket.com. On lop of that are the various catalog merchants offering plans for everything

Hso you can make

float a second mortgage.

Apoxie Sculpt from Aves Studio comes dous variety of wood and

in a wide variety of colors. accessories available,

a allowing ycrn^ to ad^ your

apart, something which

them for that extra punch, ojects made with Apoxie _{We recently tried an ep}

hem Wind ornament with _{producl called Apoxie}

i eyes, on the Sculpt which is manufac-

by my grandson. _{tured by Av(?s} ^^ _{p Q}

Box 344, River Falls, WI 54022, (715) 386-9097, website: www.avesstudio.com. It is available in 12 different colors, does noL reguire

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