Leopard in a tree

[Insane Dust Maker]

Just finished this beautiful patter by Russ Beard, double stack cut on 4mm Birch Plywood using a #0 Niqua straight pin less blade. Needs to be varnished and framed. I have cut another five Russ Beard pattern but I’m not ready to post them yet.

My workshop is in turmoil at the moment as we are packing and relocating to Cape Town, South Africa. So I’m very limited as to what I can do at the moment.

Love doing these Fretwork Complex cuts, gives me great satisfaction.

Edited October 2, 2023 by Insane Dust Maker
Added some text

[TAIrving]

 

Very nice Don.  

[FrankEV]

Very Nice.  The cutting looks great and the coloring is spot on.

Curious, what is the Backer?  Dosn't look like wood.  Looks like poster board or the like.  Kind of too plain for my taste.  

[JessL]

Beautiful! Absolutely love it.  Amazing to me that you did all this with a straight blade. Kudo's!!

[Insane Dust Maker]

Frank that’s just a board I’m using until I do the framing, the Leopard will be mounted on a 3mm supawood backer and then I choose the right color board and texture.

[Scrappile]

Very well done.  Hope you repost it after you get it framed.  Beautiful.  What did you use for coloring.  Stain? Paint?

Edited October 2, 2023 by Scrappile

[jellis2]

5 hours ago, Insane Dust Maker said:

Just finished this beautiful patter by Russ Beard, double stack cut on 4mm Birch Plywood using a #0 Niqua straight pin less blade. Needs to be varnished and framed. I have cut another five Russ Beard pattern but I’m not ready to post them yet.

My workshop is in turmoil at the moment as we are packing and relocating to Cape Town, South Africa. So I’m very limited as to what I can do at the moment.

Love doing these Fretwork Complex cuts, gives me great satisfaction.

The eyes really get your attention.

[barb.j.enders]

Stunning!!

[Ron Johnson]

Very beautiful work Don. 

[Insane Dust Maker]

4 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Very well done.  Hope you repost it after you get it framed.  Beautiful.  What did you use for coloring.  Stain? Paint?

Scrappile I used a local product here in South Africa, the Leopard received one coat of Medium Oak and the tree was Antique Oak also just one coat. I feel I got the counting I had in mind based on the hundreds of photographs I have of them. Depending on the area the could be a colour variance.

[Insane Dust Maker]

1 minute ago, Ron Johnson said:

Very beautiful work Don. 

Thank you.

[Insane Dust Maker]

4 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Very well done.  Hope you repost it after you get it framed.  Beautiful.  What did you use for coloring.  Stain? Paint?

Sadly it will only be after relocating.

[Insane Dust Maker]

3 minutes ago, Ron Johnson said:

Very beautiful work Don. 

Thank you.

[Dak0ta52]

I, too, like the more complex patterns. Your piece turned out awesome.

[Scrolling Steve]

Nice, very nice!

[Peter N White]

Tremendous looking.

[Charlie E]

Fantastic piece all around! Great cutting and coloring!

[daveww1]

fantastic job

[rjweb]

Nice, excellent cutting, RJ

[wombatie]

Oh wow, fabulous work.

Marg

[Insane Dust Maker]

8 hours ago, Peter N White said:

Tremendous looking.

Thank you Marg.

[Insane Dust Maker]

5 hours ago, rjweb said:

Nice, excellent cutting, RJ

Thank you.

[Insane Dust Maker]

9 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said:

I, too, like the more complex patterns. Your piece turned out awesome.

Thank you.

[MarieC]

That is beautiful.  Did you carve the tree branch that the Leopard is on or did you scroll saw it and added a dark backer board?  Again really nice work!

[Insane Dust Maker]

7 hours ago, MarieC said:

That is beautiful.  Did you carve the tree branch that the Leopard is on or did you scroll saw it and added a dark backer board?  Again really nice work!

Marie, it’s all one scroll saw pattern, and the Leopard and tree were stained with a local product we get here in South Africa. The Leopards colouring can vary from area to area.