Layered Snowflake Ornament

[Denny Knappen]

Layered Snowflake Ornament #1 pattern by Keith Fenton and found in SWWC Winter issue page 72. I stack cut two blanks 1/4" x 4" square for each top (Ash) and back (Eastern Red Cedar}. I found the Eastern Red Cedar is too fragile and broke when sanding, so I balanced by cutting off every other little piece. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using #1 MGT blades. After sanding, dipped in diluted Shellac and the one coat of spray Lacquer Clear Gloss. Comments welcome.

[Scrappile]

Very nice.  Would not have noticed missing pieces had you not mentioned them.  One could make them 3 layered so they would look the same no matter which way they turn when hanging.  

[Ron Johnson]

Very beautiful 

[Peter N White]

Great looking ornament.

[rjweb]

Excellent job Denny, looking forward for to seeing the others, RJ

[Denny Knappen]

32 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Very nice.  Would not have noticed missing pieces had you not mentioned them.  One could make them 3 layered so they would look the same no matter which way they turn when hanging.  

Thanks, Paul.  My wife mentioned about the 3 layers too!

[Denny Knappen]

25 minutes ago, Ron Johnson said:

Very beautiful 

Thanks Ron

[Denny Knappen]

24 minutes ago, Peter N White said:

Great looking ornament.

Thanks Peter

[Denny Knappen]

20 minutes ago, rjweb said:

Excellent job Denny, looking forward for to seeing the others, RJ

Thanks RJ.  I will be working on the others this week.

[scrollerpete]

These will not stay on the display for a long time

[daveww1]

great job

[Denny Knappen]

3 hours ago, scrollerpete said:

These will not stay on the display for a long time

Thanks Pete.  Got to get the others finished before putting up the display.

[Denny Knappen]

On 10/17/2023 at 9:35 AM, daveww1 said:

great job

Thanks Dave

[heppnerguy]

On 10/16/2023 at 9:42 AM, Denny Knappen said:

Layered Snowflake Ornament #1 pattern by Keith Fenton and found in SWWC Winter issue page 72. I stack cut two blanks 1/4" x 4" square for each top (Ash) and back (Eastern Red Cedar}. I found the Eastern Red Cedar is too fragile and broke when sanding, so I balanced by cutting off every other little piece. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using #1 MGT blades. After sanding, dipped in diluted Shellac and the one coat of spray Lacquer Clear Gloss. Comments welcome.

very attractive item. I really like using a different color backer board on this. For some reason it never occurred to me to use a backer board on an ornament. A great idea and love it

Dick

heppnerguy

[Denny Knappen]

Thanks Dick.  Not my idea.  Keith Fenton has patterns for both top and bottom.

[Matthew Simmons]

@heppnerguy Sheila Landry has a bunch of layered ornament patterns like that. If you want to make some, you have many many (very fiddly) options. 

[Denny Knappen]

On 10/20/2023 at 12:53 PM, Matthew Simmons said:

@heppnerguy Sheila Landry has a bunch of layered ornament patterns like that. If you want to make some, you have many many (very fiddly) options. 

Actually Keith Fenton is part of Sheila Landry's website and these are found in the current issue of SWWC.