RabidAlien Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 I was doing my usual Google search for patterns (my daughter requested a multi-layer shadowbox with dragons...), and ran across a potential new source: papercutting or papercraft. They work under the same physical constraints as scrollers (islands, etc), and there's a TON of awesome patterns out there. Just as an example, I was looking at the patterns done by "Wildchild" on Etsy, found a couple of multi-layer shadowbox patterns that will work well for my needs. There are millions of patterns out there, though, if this style doesn't appeal to you. https://www.etsy.com/shop/WildchildDesigns77 OzarkSawdust, jollyred and Dave Monk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 Paper cutting is very similar. If you're googling it, the term is scherenschnitte. Lots of patterns. Very cool stuff. OzarkSawdust, John B, scrollingforsanity and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Yep. Just seems to me like there are a lot more patterns that strike that....oddball chord within me. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of scroll patterns, too, this just opened another doorway. Gateway? Eh, its another source to feed my sawdust addiction. OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 hour ago, RabidAlien said: Yep. Just seems to me like there are a lot more patterns that strike that....oddball chord within me. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of scroll patterns, too, this just opened another doorway. Gateway? Eh, its another source to feed my sawdust addiction. Be ware of the dark side Alien... RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Dark side has the best cookies. No worries, I'm not going to start doing papercrafts....just suborning their patterns to woodcraft. Its fiendish and devious, they'll never see it comin! OzarkSawdust and Dave Monk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 I was a paper Crafter with an electronic cutter before I was a Scroll sawer. I often bought the Scroll Saw magazines for patterns to Convert and cut in paper. I always told the paper crafters to look for Scroll Saw patterns for more ideas. Then when I became a Scroll Saw User, I started converting some of those paper cutting patterns into Scroll Saw patterns. I think I have shared some photos of some of those I did before. Will have to see. John B, RabidAlien and OzarkSawdust 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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