Creative Woodworks & crafts 2005-08, страница 26
Pattern Located in Full Size Pattern Section No. 1! Spirit" Houseboat pattern by Jeff Zaffino, cut by Mike Nabal Introduction As an exhibiting artist offering custom work, I really enjoy when a customer requests a custom piece that will challenge every uspeel of ttie way I approach c piece. From the design work to the actual culting, "Spiiit" turned out to be one cf those pieces. One cf my customers wanted to present o custom cutting to her dad of his houseboat, "Spiril." Easy enough, right? Wrong! We started with a few pictures of fhe Spirit moored al I tie dock, ttie only pictures available to my customer without alerting her dad of our plan. But we wanted to show the Spirit underway, not mooted. We ended up with about four different pictures of four different boots, taken on four different bodies ot wafer! My challenge was to pieco all of them together into one boat that would very closely resemble the house boat rriy customer's dad absolutely loved. It took lots of effort on both of our par Is, bul I think we were finally able to come up with something close. Sara, I hope your father erjoys this cutting as much as I enjoyed tho challenge of designing it. At tho risk of running off lopic for c moment, I would be remiss if I didn't offer a hecrty "Thank You" tc Mike Nabal 38 • Ci ealrte Woodworks 8. Crafts August 2DD5 for cultirg the piece pictured here. My father-in-law passed away while I was working or this project for Creative Woodworks & Crafts, ard my duties to my family prevented me from being able to get it cut in time. Mike stepped up and got the piece c:ul so il could be featured here. I hank you, Mike. This pattern is not as challenging fo cut as seme I have designed, bul it is no walk in the park either. I like to desigr patterns that will challenge you and make you ihink of new approaches. I hope that this pattern will provide thai Tor you. I mcke my living with my saw, selling framed wall art, so a lot of my methods are designed to achieve acceptable qualify at maximum speed. If you have a tried and true method that works for you, by all means stick with it. The tips I share here ate what work for me. INSTRUCTIONS Wood selection and preparation As with any piece of scroll work, the process begirs with picking and sizing a piece of wood that is appropriate for fhe cutting you are aboul to attempt. I prefer using Baltic |
