TXScrollsawartist

It just keeps coming and coming! I like the thought of all the sawdust you have made over the years. As long as you sell enough to buy more wood and blades, you are dong it right!! Thanks for sharing again.

I am glad to see that you are making sawdust again! You have a talent that should not be put on a shelf.

Nice shapes for wheeled push toys! I have found out that natural wood sells much better then colorized because it is too hard to make them drool proof. Also, I use rub the axles on a bar of soap to keep them moving. Well done!

Amazing detail! Well done.

Very well done. A good design cut well and finished properly!

Well done. I can imagine it on a tree in 6 weeks!

Tail Chasing Koi. I just finished a commission piece of wall art which is different from anything I have done before. Four pieces that when put together form a larger picture. Cut from 12x12 1/8 in Baltic Birch mounted on 12x12 5/8 in birch ply. My version is based on an original design in Simply Wood by Roshaan Ganief's. Cut with FD UR #5 strait blades. Finished with Tung Oil. Next time I will make sure the 4 pieces are cut from the same section of the sheet and have them face the same direction. Live and learn...

Well done. I really like this style of design and to see one executed well confirms that opinion.

Wow! And people say that I have patience to cut some of the pieces I do!!! Great job! I cannot imagine cutting this entirely with spiral blades. I use them occasionally but have never been able to get the sharp crisp lines of strait blades. Good on ya!

Very nice work Kevin! I see how you have worn out even more scroll saws then I have!! The key chains look great! There is a gentleman who does the same circuit of summer craft shows that I do who cuts key chain names. He has a full set of normal names and then uses his DW788 to cut custom names in his booth. His daughter sells key chains and he (happily) cuts names for 6 or 8 hours with a crowd watching in awe. I have a mental picture of you doing the same thing in Florida once upon a time!

Marg - I always warm the wood dye by setting it in the sun (I live in Houston, we have lots of sunshine) for an hour before I use it. Warm dye penetrates much better then cold dye. I dunk the entire puzzle in a pan of warmed dye and then wipe each piece with a cloth reserved for that color. I also learned the hard way to let newly dyed white pine to dry in the shade in the summer. The hot Texas sun will dry the wood so fast that it splits. I lost a batch of over 50 puzzles that way once.

The new ones look wonderful. Some children (some not so small) are going to be very happy!

Thanks Kevin! Great work! I can't wait to see what else you have packed away! PS - I really like to Doxies! Where did you get that pattern? I would like to cut that one.

Thanks Marg! I am a vendor at the Texas Renaissance Festival which is an 8 weekend event. The theme for this weekend is Pirate. There will be hordes of pirate-want-to-be patrons in full costume visiting the festival. I have been a vendor there for 7 years and while I have well over 100 framed pieces of scroll art on my walls, I have lots of regulars who come by to see what is new each weekend. Since this is a Renaissance festival I have Celtic crosses, Celtic designs, fairies, fantasy animals, wolves, and lots of other themes. And I will have four new pirate designs for this weekend. I will probably sell 20 to 25 pieces of framed art this weekend. When I do the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in March all of my art will be Western and animal themed.

Just cut a special piece for this weekend. The pirate Anne Bonny. The design is by Sue Mey (purchased from Wooden Teddy Bear) and is based on a wood cut print from a 1724 book about pirates. It was stack cut from 11x14 1/8th inch Baltic Birch ply. Cut with FD UR #3 blades. It will be matted and framed in a solid oak frame.