Creative Woodworks & crafts 2005-06, страница 27
SUPPLIES Wood Baltic birch ply wood one piece 1/8" x 12-1 l/16"x 9-7/8" (or size to fit you^ custom or ready-mode frame) Tools: scroll saw with No, 2/0 spiral saw blades; dnll with asso'-ted (small) bits Removable Adhesive Paper (or spray adhesive) Cleor packaging tape Wood glue Sandpaper, assorted grits Srncll square (lor scroll saw blode) 10"x 13" or 11" x 14" ready mode frame Black spray paint (or other background color of choice) their muffled moos again and so did my little girl. With her crms stiffened and fists tight, her little body shook as she pushed out the loudest, deepest "MOOOCOO" she could possibly muster. I Icughed until I had fears in my eyes. Now whenever we see a bovine, my little Dooiillle immediately and vehemently fries to communicate with he1" cow friends, as it to say, "I'm right here!" Dcys later, I sat down ct my desk and sketched out what I thought my little girl would do if she could get c.losc enough to the jittery critters she likes lalkjrig lo so much. Truth be known, I would be right behind her, with a huge handful of sweet clover, doing the very same ihing mysell "She comes by it naturclly," is an understatement. I can't resist mooing to a Bessie, Elsie, or any of the plucky little calves that meander along the fence by our road. You should be in the cab of our truck when my husband gets the urge to talk 'O the anit rials! Be it howling dogs, cackling hens, or crooning cows, you can bet you will hear SKWoodWorks coming before you ever see us! INSTRUCTIONS Using the method of choice, apply your pattern to the clean surface of your wood. We use Removable Adhesive Paper for ALL of our scrolling projects: more information can be found on our website at www.skwoodworks.com. We usually sfcck cut up lo six pieces of l/8"-thic< Baltic birch plywood. 1 hough we have listed only one piece of l/8"-thick wood in the supplies list, we use about six boards for stability and enhanced productivity. Kerry effixes double-sided sticky tope to the four corners of each piece of wood, staying clear ot the pattern, and presses the boards together. These pellicular boards were cut to fit some 'eady-rrade frames. No matter which pattern application method you use, il is a good idea lo apply 2"- or 3"-inch-wide clear packaging tape over the entire top of your pattern. This simple and inexpensive step will lengthen the life of your blades, as it helps to keep them cooler by lubricating them while you cut. Do not wrcp tape around to the bottom of you*- wood cs this could make your boardfs) uneven and take your blade OLt of square. Moke sure your blade is square, and check this frequently while scrolling. Fre-drill all your holes, and put a starter hole at the end of all the single lines. Cut you>- smalle" areas first (usually a I the center of the pattern). Remove the biggest areas last. Let your own experience guide your blades. Note: the dots on Ihe patlern indicate negative space. They are not guide hole locations. Kerry drills somewhere more convenient and "scroll-scw-srricrt" in the negative space. When you a'e finished, gently pry the boards apart and rerrove the tape. If you used Removable Adhesive Paper, peel your pattern off. Otherwise, remove you1' pattern using your method of choice. Sand the bccte of each board. For the backer, you can use a piece of birch board spray painted black, the cardboard that comes with the frame spray painted black (as shown in the photo), or choose your own color combination of materials and frames. Glue the finished picce to the backer, using wood glue, then frame. We are 5JCWOODWORKS which stands tor "Shelii Kerry Woodworks," and we love being able to shore our projects and patterns w/fh fe//ow woodworkers through the magazine. I thoroughly enjoy the creative process and have been thrilled lo find such a wonderful outlet for this art form. I would a/so like to express my gratitude to Gary Browning, who inspired me through his story and his works to delve into the art of positive and negative space using wood. At SKWOODV/ORKS, we draw pa/terns and sell adhesive paper end even completed pieces off of our website. For more information, write to us at SKWoodWorks, P.O. Box 583. Pleasant View, TN 37146. Or, visit us cn the web at wvw.sfewoodworfcs.com. Pattern requests and sr/ggesfions are a/ways we/come! Creative Woodworks & Crate Jure 20C5 » 27 i |
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