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BigWood2LittleWood Patterns

April 1, 2008

Are you itching to cut a few portraits? If so, I’ve got a site for you! Brenda Herthel from BigWood2LittleWood has a huge collection of designs that will keep you busy for the next year! With over 150 free patterns to choose from, you’ll have a tough time trying to figure out which one to [...]

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Scrolling Games

March 31, 2008

My other hobby is playing board games. I love ‘em! I have about 150 board games in my collection and its constantly growing. So I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to hear the latest issue of SSW&C has plans for a compound cut checker board set designed by Sue Mey. I’m [...]

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Lath Art Kits and Patterns

March 28, 2008

If you have read through the blog entries on the sites I recommended over the last few days, you’ll often hear mention of lath art kits. I was able to find 3 vendors of lath art kits. Each site seems to carry the same patterns, however their prices differ slightly. I’m not sure if all [...]

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Lath Art Progression Pictures

March 27, 2008

I learn best by example and demonstration. That’s why I love progression pictures and tutorials so much. So I was pretty excited when I saw Christopher Hildebrand’s set of progression pictures as he puts together a lath art painting of a horse grazing. He makes a few comments about each photo. The photos are high [...]

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How To Make A Lath Art Painting

March 26, 2008

Last post, I talked about lath art. Now that your curiosity is piqued, you wanna give lath art a try? Tom and Esther from LathArt How to and Patterns has a nice tutorial to get you started. The tutorial is nicely illustrated and takes you step by step through the process. They even provide a [...]

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Lath Art

March 25, 2008

One thing that amazes me most about scrolling, is the number of art forms that develop because of this simple tool. I came across Lath Art a while back and found it very interesting. Lath Art is a folk art that uses, oddly enough, lath. You know, those strips of wood used to hold plaster [...]

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Paper Cutting for Scrollers

March 21, 2008

The last few posts, I’ve been talking about scherenschnitte, the German art of paper cutting. But this is a scroll saw blog, right? So, why am I talking about paper cutting? Its not hard to see that many of the design principles of scherenschnitte are shared with scroll sawn fretwork. The designs must remain continuous [...]

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Steven Gu's Papercuttings

March 20, 2008

We’ve looked at a couple of scherenschnitte galleries in the last couple of posts. Karin’s work has a folk art feel that’s obviously inspired by folk and fairy tales. Cindy’s work tends to have a graphic art/illustration feel to it. Now lets take a look at artist Steven Gu. Steven was born in Shanghai, China, [...]

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Cindy Mindy Pindy's Papercuttings

March 19, 2008

Cindy Mindy Pindy has a great blog that shows off her latest papercuttings. She has a assortment of scherenschnitte with a wide variety of styles ranging from abstract to traditional illustration. Take some time and look through her archives and check out her work. Its a great source of inspiration and may spawn a few [...]

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Scherenschnitte

March 18, 2008

Scherenschnitte. Excuse me! Actually, scherenschnitte (shear-n-SNIT-a) is the German art of paper cutting that dates back to the 1500′s. Many of the principles of scherenschnitte are shared with scenic fretwork. You have to design the pattern in such a way that the finished cutting is one piece, but still retains the detail of a drawing. [...]

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