Frank Pellow

Does anyone know of scrollsaw patterns that are based on any of Charlie Harper's art. It seems that there should be. I can find quilting patterns, needlework patterns, and tiles, but no scrollsaw patterns. I asked this question in the Pattern Requests part of Scrollsaw Village a week ago, but did not get an answer. I'm posting the question again here in because I believe that more folks look at this sub-forum.

My friend Peggy West created a chalk drawing of a plane and gave it to me as a gift recently. It is now hanging in my Woodworking Shed in a frame that I made out of pine lumber. The frame itself is very simple, but it became special when I cut out some tools, painted them black, and glued them to the frame. I found the templates for the tools in the Ornaments for Charity "book". They were placed there by 'Dan' in 2010.

Well done Don! For anyone who might not know, when Don refers to Steve, he is talking about Steve Good who creates a new free pattern every day and posts it on his blog. The pattern today, contained a USA flag.

It really does pop out. Excellent cutting of an outstanding pattern. I congratulate both you and Charles.

What I look forward too the most is to spend time in and on the water at our island in Lake Pivabiska. The photo that I am attaching features canoeing. There are photos of me in two of my canoes with two of my grandchildren (Isla age 4 and Ethan age 2). The scroll sawn part was designed by Timothy (with a few design changes by me). In about a month Ethan, who is now 17, and I will be going on a 5 night canoe trip.

It's very much the same in Ontario and, in particular, in Northern Ontario with its short frost-free season.

Thanks Bob. About five years ago, I made several of the stained glass dragonflies as gifts. I used the same (designer unknown) pattern for all of them but the glass that I used varied quite a bit. The attached photo shows three variations:

Last November, my grandson Ethan and my daughter Kathleen rescued very young kitten who had, somehow, found its way to the middle of the street in front of their house. They didn't think they were cat people but Milo stole their hearts so no they, now, are cat people. I took a picture of Milo (at the estimated age of 5 weeks) three days after the adoption. A little while ago, I saw an Alex Fox pattern for a Kitten that looks a lot like Milo. This inspired the framed photo and scrollwork that is attached.

I made two alterations when implementing a multi-layered Dragonfly. (1) I painted the top layer black (2) I made the back layer out of sky-blue stained glass Here is a photo of it hanging in a window in our kitchen: The next photo, although somewhat faded, gives an idea of the context in which this is hanging. It is in one top corner and in the other is a stained glass dragonfly that I made a few years ago: We like dragonflies!

I have not seen one. If someone comes up with one that is easily portable and of good quality, I would pay up to $800 (Canadian) for it. I think that Dewalt is the best bet to, eventually, produce one.

I like it. Where did you get the plan?

You have made something good great by adding the insert.

I thank ozwood for sending me grampa's pattern. I'm going to utilize the patter to make a gift for my son-in-law, Jonathan McEachern. He owns and runs a fish a ship shop and my guess is that he will put it on the wall there. To facilitate that, I will make his piper fairly large.

Thanks Melanie, that worked fine. (by the way, the link I mentioned above still does not work for me)

I like both the sentiment and the art that you created to express that sentiment. A couple of my friends will soon be retiring and there is a good chance I will use your pattern to make them a gift. Problem: I could not find the pattern on your WEB site. The FREE PATTERNS link did not work and this particular pattern did not appear to be shown for any of the links that did work.

I like it! Where did you find the pattern?

I've only made one clock insert and, for it, I used a Forstner bit on my drill press.

Well done! The pattern and the sawing you did are both good, but what makes it even better is the background.

That blade looks rather thick but I would love to give the saw a try.

I'm happy to be able to report that Margaret's operation appears to have been a success and that she was delighted with the gift.

I had never even heard of Fiona Kingdon and now, thanks to you I have. Fiona work (both the design and implementation) is amazing and your work on your pattern has inspired me to order two of her patterns. I see that, so far, patterns have been created for only a handful of her patterns. I wonder if patterns will ever be offered for a design as complex as her Border Country.

You asked where maple syrup comes from. The best maple syrup cones from Quebec and, if you think maple bars are good, you should taste a maple sugar pie that was made in Quebec.

The majority of this project is not scroll sawing but there is a scroll-sawn element and that element is very important. This is a gift that I am going to give to my wife, Margaret, when she is in the hospital for removal of her thyroid on June 7th. The gift is going to be a framed tile of a Whisky Jack (known to most non-Canadians as a Gray Jay) entitled ‘Who’s Watching Whom’ and I am going to feature the title. (The tiles comes from Motawi Tileworks and it is based on art by Charlie Harper). To that end, I am cutting a title out of a little bit of the Wenge that I recently purchased. The colour and texture of the wood are both a good match for the tile. The font is an Arts and Crafts font that I found an example of on the internet and that I modified slightly. I think this would look good framed with some weathered cedar from the old play structure that I took down a couple of weeks ago. I used this mock-up to help me decide: I purchased the tile from Motawi Tileworks in Michigan and the artist is Charles Harper. I tried a few different stains in order to a get a good match for the ivory colour in the tile: This colour is to be used on the lettering’s backer board. I made the frame using a variation of my “standard” Rosseter-Pellow frame. Here is a photo: I’m fairly certain that Margaret is going to be surprised and happy with this gift.

Some people seem to have the idea that I paid $300 for this item. I did say that I would pay $300 but, in fact, I paid only $150.

OK, I am attaching two pictures. This one shows the overall setup with the base for the lamp clamped to a table that is beside my saw: This one shows how the base for the lamp can simply slip into into the clamping unit: It could not be easier to set up.