Scrappile

Scrappile, any further thoughts on asking Travis for a dedicated page?  I would hope that enough scrollers are interested in learning how to use their machines to produce marquetry art.

Although I am learning to cut using the more traditional knife and window method, this is to increase my understanding of the entire process.  Ultimately I plan on using the bevel method of cutting with my own scrollsaw!

 with respect to formline art and scrolling I believe it was Spirithorse who mentioned leaving the bridges between major forms intact.  I am neither a native nor a skilled practitioner, but I do know that he's correct about this issue.

My conjecture is that folks learning the art "see" the ovoid, u-shapes, and s-shapes as the primary focal points, while the heavier black lines are viewed as shading.  It's tough to explain.  I finally came to see that the "calligraphy" of formlines defines the shapes. In other words it is the widening and thickening of the formlines that contribute to the formation of the various shapes.  Paying attention to the relationship between thicker and darker lines,  positive and negative space, as well as primary and secondary colors, are among the several "rules" of for formline art, as I understand it.

As I said, I am not a Native and can relate with limited experience and lots of "book larnin."  You are well ahead of me with your experience and skill, and I am pleased to find a forum to discuss these isues!