For the Birds - Scroll Saw Challenge

[OzarkSawdust]

Here's a flock of birds I've done.

 

[heppnerguy]

6 hours ago, barb.j.enders said:

Here are some of the projects I have done that have "Gone to the Birds"

birds are so amazing. I can't say that I love all birds but I can say they all are a real gift from God to mankind. Your work is all very well done and interesting to view. Thanks for posting them.

Dick

heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

22 minutes ago, OzarkSawdust said:

Here's a flock of birds I've done.

 

You also posted a nice variety of birds , all are done quite nicely too. I have cut some of these myself. My personal favorite is the little comical owl sitting on a branch. I have always loved this little fellow. Yours has a little more detail than the others ones I have seen and made but very similar otherwise

Dick

heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

4 hours ago, ben2008 said:

I did this a few years ago. It is a Judy Gale Roberts design. I recently gave it to my son-in-law. It now resides in sunny FL.

 

Wood used

Aspen
Walnut
Western Red Cedar
Cherry
Yellowheart
Maple
Poplar
 

 Beautifully done. Hard to beat a Judy Gayle Roberts intarsia pattern to make. She has the best way to send her patterns to her customers. Your work is fabulous.

Dick

heppnerguy

[Roberta Moreton]

9 hours ago, barb.j.enders said:

Here are some of the projects I have done that have "Gone to the Birds"

That Hummingbird with the purple flower is beautiful!

[Jronn65]

Anywhere from Sheila Landry to Steve good to Charles Dearing! All birch wood.

[barb.j.enders]

On 5/15/2021 at 6:19 PM, Roberta Moreton said:

That Hummingbird with the purple flower is beautiful!

Thank you

[barb.j.enders]

On 5/15/2021 at 2:46 PM, heppnerguy said:

birds are so amazing. I can't say that I love all birds but I can say they all are a real gift from God to mankind. Your work is all very well done and interesting to view. Thanks for posting them.

Dick

heppnerguy

Thank you

[Tbow388]

Here is one of my Dog Nuggets Birdhouses I had to make him. He rents them out. He calls it NugTown Villas, Gated Bird Community.

[flarud]

My addition to this Birds thread...

[Tbow388]

Made this for someone for Christmas.

[Dennis51]

Here are some Sheila Landry " seasonal bird"  designs I'm doing, five done, three more to go.

[Scrappile]

Some I have attempted over the past few years:  There are more,, but the point is, birds are one of my favorites to cut.

 

[RabidAlien]

45 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Some I have attempted over the past few years:  There are more,, but the point is, birds are one of my favorites to cut.

 

 

Daaaaaaaaaaaaang this is....striking.  Awesome!

[Bpardue]

here are a few birds I've cut over the years

 

[Scrappile]

On 5/12/2021 at 8:30 AM, Frank Pellow said:

Like FrankEV, birds make up a large part of the scroll-lsawn work that I have done and, right now, I am just completing and framing another one.

But, unlike him, I will only post the photo of one bird in this thread.  I'm going to go away for a little while right now and figure out my favourite, then post it here. ...

... I'm back.  My favourite is Brrrrdbath:

    

I designed this based upon a serigraph by Charlie Harper. I used Baltic birch plywood for most of the the pieces and the backing. The snow pieces were cut from maple dowel and the water drops were fashioned by sanding down axel caps originally intended for use with wooden toys.

 

 

One of my favorite pieces of "Bird Art"

[Jronn65]

On 5/19/2021 at 12:27 PM, Bpardue said:

here are a few birds I've cut over the years

 

I absolutely love that turkey! 

[rhw]

Made this one for a lake house in upper Wisconsin. There are bald eagles all over the area. I love watching them. 

 

[kmmcrafts]

I didn't think I've done many birds.. then after going through my pictures.. maybe I did more than I thought, LOL

 

[Fred Kile]

My wife and I enjoy a local restaurant because of their good food, but mostly because of the employees. We go there about twice a week and everyone of them takes a second to acknowledge, not only us, but everyone who enters the restaurant. So to thank them for what they do and how they do it, I made them a sign with their logo. The restaurant is El Pollo Loco in Goodyear, Arizona. This is my contribution to the "For the Birds" Scrollsaw Challenge.

[Fedido]

Here is a Bald Eagle cut in plywood that measures 44 inches tall. Cut with a Jig Saw and stained with Ebony stain. 

[tgiro]

[Montserrat]

Landing snow owl - my pattern. 

[preprius]

Mix and match hummers. 

I could not get these complete before end of month "For the birds". Also "For the wife".

Work got in the way of hobbies. 

Wood used.. . .

-purple heart

-walnut

-lacewood   (good for feather look)

-myrtle

-osage orange 

I got them shaped today. Maybe sunday I can go over then with 220 and then 320 grit.  I angled the trailing edge wing quit a bit.  The intent was to try get some more 3d effect. Making the head and tail rounder and thinner than main body also enhanced 3d look.

I got carried away on thinning on a couple of the tails.  But hummers are small anyway. I kept the wings as taller than the body for an action of flight look. 

I cut each one with same pattern from each piece of wood.  This way I can mix and match pieces /colors. Then I have 5 of them.  The one with no tail will have a darker tail from bocote.

The pattern I made / traced with inkscape from a picture on net.  I wanted easy number of pieces.  The throat transition from body to neck turn out to be similar to a puzzle piece.  

I just could not use the olive wood (upper left first picture) into the smaller pieces and keep the olivewood grain intact.  Maybe next project.

 

 

 

 

[Joe W.]

WOW!

All these submissions are really beautiful.
It shows me what can be done and that is really motivating.
Thanks to all for the photos.