Need opinions

[Barry5180]

I'm getting ready to work on a cutting that I'm giving as a wedding gift to my oldest stepdaughter. It is the Wedding Rose Heart by Sue Mey.

 

My problem is that I'm partially colorblind and have trouble distinguishing shades of color, therefore I have trouble with picking contrasting colors of wood that will look good. I'm planning on buying the hardwood plywood from Sloan's Woodshop. If anyone has some suggestions based on the hardwood plywood available there I would appreciate it. I was planning on 1/4" or thicker for the heart, and 1/8" for the backer. I am also planning on increasing the size of the pattern so I need to purchase the wood as 24"x24".

 

You can get to the page at Sloan's here: http://www.sloanswoodshop.com/plywoods.htm

 

If anyone has another supplier with better prices and/or bigger selection, I will take suggestions for those places as well.

 

Thanks for any help

 

Barry

[Travis]

I think a birch or maple would be nice for the heart with a cherry or mahogany backer would look nice. Put some oil on the wood before sealing them to make the grain pop out. Birds eye maple plywood would be really cool too if you can find it (and assuming they make such a thing). I wouldn't get too carried away with grain patterns, though. I have a feeling that the detail will be lost in the busy grains.

 

Sloans is a great place. I've been happy my purchases there. You can also check Wood Deals Online in the scroll sawing section. I didn't see much today other than baltic birch. But maybe check them when you're ready to buy to see if anything becomes available.

[Barry5180]

Thanks Travis,

 

I'm gonna hope for a few more opinions before making a decision, but you are right about grain patterns. I'm more concerned about the coloring of the wood vs grain pattern.

 

I checked out the Wood Deals Online site and think it's great. All of the wood I use for my portraits has come from the supplier selling all that 8 1/2 x 11 BB ply. He gives great service and his prices are pretty good. The shipping charges have gone up terribly though. I remember when it was costing me half his current shipping charge to get the wood.

 

Barry