Creative Woodworks & crafts 2001-10, страница 18

INSTRUCTIONS

by Wes Demarest

A sculptural scrolling primer for the noncarver

This project can be made in many different ways, including as an intarsia piece. In fact, when I first examined the pattern, the position of the leopard and the location of the branches seemed to call for different wood elevations and shaped pieces. However, I'm basically a scroller, not an intarsia artist, so I wanted to keep the finished project within the reach of average scroll sawyers. Keeping that in mind, I began with 1" thick cherry for the branches and decided to join three pieces so that the grain of the wood complimented the direction of the limbs. I then chose 3/8" thick pau amarillo for the leopard.

If you are an accomplished carver, this is a project which you can detail even further than I did, but our intent is to introduce the scroller to a method of adding extra dimension and detail to their projects with only a few basic tools. You will notice that I did not use the term "carving" when describing my technique. That is in deference to those artisans who use the traditional method of carving with chisels, gouges and such, and who disdain the use of anything other than muscle power. So to be "politically correct," I use the term sculptural scrolling.

Of course, this project can also be made in the conventional way, without any shaping or overlays. If you choose to do so, make it from thin wood that will fit into a manufactured frame and cut it from a single piece. Simply transfer the pattern to your selected stock, bore blade entry holes, and saw out the pattern.

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designed by George Ahlers pattern drawn by Dirk Boelman crafted by Wes Demarest

18 • Creative Woodworks S Crafts October 2001