Popular Post DickMira Posted December 11, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) The framework for this project is made of black walnut. The size is 41" x 16" and features wolf footprints that are filled with a mixture of blue/green gemstone powder embedded in clear acrylic gel. At first glance, it might appear that the wolf plaques are made from vertical slices of wood from a log. However, slices cut like that would be very unstable especially with all the fret holes that were required to be cut with these scrollsaw patterns. The animal plaques were made from 9" diameter circles cut from a curly maple board that was 1 1/2" thick. The edges were carved to simulate a raw bark edge. The wolves eyes were inlaid similar to the paw prints. The faces were stained with a dry brush technique utilizing a mixture of oil paints in polyurethane in multiple light coats. Everything is finished with Wipe-on-Poly. Edited December 12, 2020 by DickMira preprius, amazingkevin, jollyred and 11 others 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Awesome!!! DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 You have done it again...absolutely awsome! Your imagination on how to present you work is amazing. DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smayne Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Awesome job. DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 super job, amazing workmanship DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNorton Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Simply amazing, love it. DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 dgreat job with that one love it. IKE DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Fantastic looking piece. Roly DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Looks like "Awesome" is the word of the day,, and it certainly is appropriate. Outstanding describes it well also. DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 I'm jealous. I just can't believe the work you do. Just amazing. amazingkevin and DickMira 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Very impressive once again. How long have you been doing this type of work? Marg DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickMira Posted December 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 4 hours ago, wombatie said: Very impressive once again. How long have you been doing this type of work? Marg Thank you, Marg Both my scrollsawing and woodcarving were started at the same time, around 2005, new hobbies in retirement. The scrollsaw was a gift from my children and the hand carving tools were a gift from my wife. A Dremel power carving tool quickly replaced the hand carving tools. I burned out three of the earliest models with all of the power carving especially because I preferred to work with hardwoods. These were replaced with Foredom equipment and the more powerful carving features. Dick amazingkevin and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Absolutely stunning!! DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Ripley's believe it or not should have you in their books!!! DickMira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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