Creative Woodworks & crafts 2003-11, страница 34

By the time you read this, you will be preparing for the holiday season, and scroll saw picnics and contests arc something to be planned for next year. However, with publishing being what it is, the picnic season is occurring right now for this writer. The Tennessee and Pennsylvania scroll saw picnics arc over and we will soon be off to Joe Dively's extravaganza in August, and I thought you would enjoy seeing the work of the contest winners from both the Pennsylvania and Tennessee S.A.W. contests.

Tennessee 2003

Dave & Rhonda Sloan did it again. They filled the halls with merchants and people came from all across the land to attend. A few entered the contest, but the braggin' table was not as full as in years past. What's up, you guys loo busy or something? Or maybe your work is too big to take out of the house!

Pennsylvania 2003

passed since this couple got some folks together in the meadow below their home and got the wheel rolling, Happy anniversary Dale & Betty I

Flo Leitgeb of Medford, NY, with their folding screen that took more than a year to make.

Best in Show and Best iti Complex

went to Doug Ebeling of Portersville, PA, with a marquetry eagle of his own design. Unbelievable!

This close-up of Doug's eagle does not do the project proper justice. From the choice of wood to the quality of cutting, and a beautiful finish, absolutely superb!

Intermediate was awarded to Carl of Buffalo Grove, IL, who departed before I could get a photograph of his intarsia cougar.

As has been mentioned here before, quality of work by the winners is and size is not the criteria used by the judges for determining the "best" of anything. In laet, the bigger piece, the more that can go wrong, and by the same token, smaller pieces to be as close to perfect as possi-•• ble. In both contests, the judges could have gone either way between the Best In Show and the Scroller's Choice winners, and the winner could have won both prizes. So what separates them? As a judge, I try to be totally objective with definitive points to make a decision, but in the case between Donald Fenvvick's intarsia eagles and Mike Irish's Fretwork clock, I could have gone either way. Both had outstanding joinery, though in different ways, but Mike's clock had compound miter joints, whereas Don's eagles did not. Is that a fine line? Yes, and is it fair -1 think so. Docs that make intarsia less of a challenge than fretwork? Absolutely not!

The Pennsylvania show has a similar example. Ed & Flo's three-piece screen was outstanding, but had some small cutting and breakage problems. I lowcver, thai is to be expected with a project of that size. Doug's eagle, though smaller, was flawless on the face but unfinished on the back. So what made the difference? In my case, originality of design, selection of wood, and precision of cutting. So docs that make fretwork less challenging than marquetry? No! Whether it is, fretwork, intarsia or marquetry, it can be a winner. ■

Pest Basic and Best in Class -Basic was awarded to George Gilbert of Fairfield, PA, for his pair of dragons.

The Scroller's Choice went to Ponald Fenwick of Bardstown, KY, for his eagle pattern. It is a real knockout!

Best in Show was again awarded to Mike Irish of <3aylord, MI, for his fretwork clock. If only you could see the detail in the joinery and finish! Mike's clock also won the Best in Complex category.

Mike also won Best in Basic with his Native American on Horseback.

Best Intermediate was awarded to Durward Burress of

Union City, PA, for his Tennessee S.A.W. plaque.

56 • Creative Woodworks 8. Crafts November 2003