FrankEV

True, but most people can not buy my pieces because I do not sell them at "craft" prices. I charge "fine art" prices for which some people, who appreciate my work, will gladly pay.

Fun piece. Just proves it doesn't have to be complicated to be a great piece .

I'm short but not quite the "Jolly ol' Elf" like these cuttings portray. So no sefl protrait included, but I do proudly disply this sign on my desk: One of the first patterns I ever cut.

Nope! Whether I cut to sell or give away, for every framed portrait type piece I make, I can honestly say it is "ONE-OF-A-KIND". Although I consider myself a fine craftsman, I consider this is my art, not a craft product. One of these, that I intended to keep for mysel anyway, may wind up in my booth in the Gallery for the month December.

I have a very enlarged version of this sitting in the shop waiting to be cut, but my Santa's took priority. Wanted it big as it will hang on the front of my house. The coloring is great. I might have used more Christmas colors with some glitter thrown in, but yours is great none the less. Color makes everything better! BTW, very nice cutting, especially the letters..

I remember you showing thsi one last year. I've see that pattern but not sure where.

I decided this year that I would give Gifts of my cuttings for Christmas to some local friends and to also send them to members of my remotely located family. Because I made this decision early, I also decided to interrupt my regular work and spend some dedicated time doing Portraits of Santa. I’ve spent more than the last two full weeks cutting and finishing this grouping of portraits. I obtained great patterns from Botas and Fox along with a few stencil patterns I found which I converted to work as Scroll Saw patterns. I had previously cut the Santa Portrait by Fox last year which had been given away once already. All cuttings were done in 5/32” thick Solid Core Maple or Birch panels using mainly Pegas #2/0 and #0 blades. All cut panels were affixed to 1/4” thick BB ply backers that were stained with Minwax Barn Red and as always protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. The Frames are simple 1 3/4” wide Poplar and finished with Krylon Hunter Green all-in-one primer and paint. Santa 1 is an 11” x 14” Botas Pattern Santa 2 is an 11” x 14” Botas Pattern Santa 3 is a 12” x 15” conversion Santa 4 is a 11” x 14” Blume Pattern Santa 5 (Father Christmas) is an 11” x 14” conversion Santa 6 (Merry Christmas) is an 11” x 11” conversion Santa 7 Is an 11” x 14” Fox Pattern I plan to gift these pieces to all by Thanksgiving, so they only need to be hung for display for about a month and then put away with their other Christmas decorations, maybe to be displayed again each Christmas thereafter. Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques is always welcome. PS: If you are wondering where Santa 4 is...it is J. Blume's recent offering which I msay still add to the group, but these had been started beforehand. Santa 4 Added. Watch New Pattern Announcements. I'll post up PDFs of the converted patterns shortly. Posted.

Great Job. Some of that "Bull" cutting looks really delicate.

Great work on a piece that large. Amazing what you can do with spirals.

Many have mentioned in this forum, their use of a cardboard backer. It is certainly easy and an inexpensive way to go. For me personally, I feel the cardboard is not a stable product and over time will degrade and the backer fuction will be compromised. A two layer panel is also more stable and less likely to twist or distord do to environmental conditions. Just my opinion.

Very well done. I think you meant 2/0 spiral, yes? Kinda like I would imagine Santa would look like on Christmas morning after his 24 hour endurance run around the world on Cristmas eave delivering the gifts to all the boys and girls. Not quite the Jolly Ol' Elf he is normally portraid as.

Very nice. Well cut. After careful review I noticed that it is going to get a flat as there is a dent in the left front rim!!!

Would just need to add a few bumps/curves in the appropriate places and, WALA, a female version! Although in todays olympic type sports you can not often distinguish a male from a female just from their physique.

Very nicely done. Should do well to help rasie funds. A little bit mor info would be nice, What wood, finish, etc? Are the lights attached to the back or there just for the pic?

A few months back I purchased the Craftsman planer from Lowes. $349 if I remember correctly. My 10% military discount wiped out the tax +. It was actually cheaper at Lowes then what I could find on-line and one of the least expensive for a brand name. Dewalts similar unit is over $100 more. It is a 12" planer and about the physically smallest and relativly lighest unit I could find. My shop is small, so I needed the smallest I could find. It works fine foir me as I don't plan to use a lot. It is called a bench top model, however I mounted it permanenly on a little roll around table I made for it, so I can store it out of the way when not using it. HTH

Absolutely fantastic job.

No, it appears to be a dense wood filler of some sort. Almost looks like foam board in color, but much harder, but definately not MDF. The resulting saw dust from cutting is all wood.

The patterns for the following are converted stencils that were found on-line. Lillis is a 5/32x9x17 Maple solid core cut panel affixed to a 1/4x11x19 BB ply backer. The Backer is hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints with the perimeter stained with Minwax Mahogany. Tree Flowers and Birds is a 5/32x7x19 Maple solid core cut panel affixed to a 1/4x9x19 Oak backer. The Backer is hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints with the perimeter stained with Minwax Weathered Oak. Cutting was completed with Pegas 2/0 Spiral blades. Assembled panels finished with multiple coats of Delf Clear Gloss Lacquer Frames are 1 ¾” wide Poplar, Stained with Minwax Classic Black water based penetrating stain and protected with Minwax Polycrylic Protective Satin Finish. Lilllies Tree Flowers and Birds Comments and critiques always appreciated.

Perfect!!!!

Very nice cutting. There are a lot of this style patterns around, but not my taste as a subject matter.

This was another stencil pattern I found on-line and converted to a scroll saw pattern. It was actually completed about the same time I finished King and Queen that I posted a few weeks ago but it took me awhile to get around to making the frame. The cut panel is maple affixed to a Mahogany Backer. The cutting was not very difficult although the whiskers are not very well done. A little bit the pattern’s fault and a lot my cutting fault. Cutting was done using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades. The cut panel and backer was hand paint using Artist Acrylic paints. Frame is typical 1 ¾” wide Poplar, stained with Minwax Early American and finishe with multiple coats of Minwax Satin Wipe-on Poly. Comments and critique is always welcome.

Tha shadow looked like it was a backer. Very nice.

Beautiful!!!!!!!

Absolutely great job. The Maple flower is quite unique. All done on the Scroll saw or was there some carving involved?

NIce work on the Cat. The oversized oval backer is just great. The Birds, as always, just magnificent. The piece of wood you chose really captures the moon effect. My lady made me hang the version of the Birds, I made quite awhile ago, in our living room. I think she likes that one the best of all I have made for her.