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This project was cut on a 16" x 10" x 5/8" piece of salvaged American Chestnut using patterns by Jacob Fowler and Sue Walters for the scrollsawing which I then modified during the carving process. It was stained with artist oil paints and finished with Minwax Polycrylic finish. The Chestnut seen in the background was not stained and this is the natural color of the wood. It was easy to see why Chestnut was so popular among the early American furniture craftsmen because of its workability and finishing qualities. Dick
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This beautiful mountain inhabitant was cut with a scroll saw using Pegas Spiral Blades #5 and then power carved from a piece of Sapele that was 19" x 15" x1". It was then stained with MinWax Color Wash in Weathered Wood and some light touches of burnt umber oils and blue/green oils for the eyes.. A final finish of Clear Matte Polycrylic was then applied.
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Done on Black Walnut piece 20" x 13"
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A piece of hard maple, 27" x 13 1/2", was used to create this collection of giraffes. Each one has a unique personality.
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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.
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This project represents some of America's finest avian wildlife. It was cut and carved from a large piece, 21" x 17", of chestnut. Minimal staining was used.
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This piece, 18' X 15" X 1", was designed to evoke that feeling one gets when observing puppies, kittens, and the littlest ones of all of natures creatures. Hope you get that kind of joy and a smile on your face. Dick
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This piece was started on a white oak board, 23" x 15" x 1" thick, routed on all sides with a frame molding bit to cut an incorporated frame. Scrollsawing and then power carving with a Foredom rotary power tool was completed. Sanding was done, light selective staining and multiple coats of Wipe-on-Poly were applied. A backer with black satin paint was attached.
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This piece was cut and carved from a highly figured maple board, 22" x 16" x 3/4" The frame is red oak with an oil stain. A beautiful sight to capture one of these raptors in action. Nature provides such beauty.
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This is Sue Mey's Jaguar getting some Sunshine!
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Small project cut from African Sapele, 13" x 11". The backer board is painted in a random pattern of shades of green.
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This finished portrait was 19" x 13" completed on a beautiful piece of nicely figured elm. Note that the two sides of the face and neck were treated in different ways. The spots on the left side of the giraffe's face were finished using standard fretwork techniques with a satin black backer board and the spots on the right side were carved, textured, and darkened with burnt umber staining. These choices were made simply for their artistic variation. There are nine sub-species of giraffes and each has a unique coat pattern with variations in the color of the spots among the different species.
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These grey wolves are carved after scrolling and color stained with oil paints. The eyes are formed with ground gemstones mixed with acrylic gel. The two wolves in the lower corners are inlaid oak.
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The Owl head is done on a two inch thick slab of Black Cherry wood grown on our property.
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Cut and carved on a natural edge piece of Black Cherry growing in our property.
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This piece was cut on a scroll saw, carved with a rotary carver with assorted bits and carvers, and stained with oil paints.
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