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Orville Waltner of Moundridge, KS retired in 1991 and started scrolling six years later. He writes that he made a number of projects from Creative Woodworks & Crafts, but always passed by the intarsia projects because he thought they were too complicated. However, the ringneck pheasant by Bob Hiavacek on the cover of the September, 1998 issue greatly intrigued him, and he finally decided to try intarsia. It turned out "pretty good," and Orville was hooked!

He went through his back issues of the magazine and started making many more of the intarsia projects. Four of his pieces shown here won blue ribbons at his county fair. They include the Cornucopia by Annja Starrett, Scrolled Pheasant by Whitetail Designs, Dog with Duck by Bob Hiavacek, and Bugling Elk by Troy Lichthardt of My-Grain Creative Woodworking.

Orville mentions that he gives away many of his projects to charities for fund-raising purposes, and he sells some in order to keep him "in wood and blades!" Thank you for sharing your photos with us, Orville, and thanks also for your kind comments about the magazine.

Leonard Detloff of Queen Creek, AZ sent us this photo of "Jaguar on Branch," designed by Kathy Wise. The 692-piece jaguar, which is made from genuine mahogany and wenge, took Leonard 155 hours to complete. Beautiful work, Leonard!

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