Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-01, страница 13

Fig. 1. Using finishing nails to mark the falcon for mounting to the smaller base piece.

Pig. 2. Drilling V4"~deep holes in falcon.

Father And Son

Wayne Fowler (Dad)

Wayne started scroll sawing 15 years § • ago and began selling his finished work ; three months later. For many years, he i focused on painted puzzles, but aver ' the last 5 or 6 years has concentrated _m mainly on using local Ontario woods to || produce.fantasy and wildlife fret art H pieces. He is currently a member of the ; p local craft guild and sells his finished ' p pieces at local craft and art shows. With his son, Jacob, he also develops designs: that are sold as original pat-terns through this magazine, at shows if and on the Internet. Wayne has an p. interesting article in this issue (page 28) . about selling scrollwork at craft shows.

Jacob Fowler

f Jacob drew.his first scroll saw pattern,/ a lopsided whale bank, at age five -.■•• because his father collected whales and had a scroll saw. He received the : only finished version of the bank at ■ Christmas that year. After much formal ^:j and informal training, he started •^f redrawing his father's patterns and '4 developing original designs at age. 14. J He is now" 19 and has just completed

* his first year studying in Fine Arts at o » local university. He and his father col- $ laborate on designs, sometimes using ! pictures taken at the local zoo when £

• Jacob was much younger. . f

Fig. 3. Gluing and screwing the falcon to small base.

indicated on the pattern and counter- || sink the four holes on the bottom of the . two bases so that the screws will not;||ji stick out.

Remove the patterns on the bcses. 'M Sand the top and bottom and then use M the sander to make sure that the base fj ovals are smoothly rounded. Use either a & router or the sander to round the tops of ^:?j the two bases.

To assemble, use a limited amount of. wood glue on the bottom of the falcon and screw the smaller base to the fal- fj con as shown in Fig. 3. Next, use the glue and screws to fix the larger base to the 0 smaller base/falcon as shown in Fig. 4. ,|j

Thoroughly clean the completed fal-con and base. Finish in the oil of your;|Sj choice (the finished falcon has two |l| coats of walnut oil on it).

The falcon makes a great Christmas.!® or birthday gift and also attracts cus |f tomers and sells well at craft sales.

For questions concerning this project, send on SASE to: Wayne Fowler, 33 Longmeadow Cres, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 356. Email: wfowler@attcanada.com