Inkscape

Inkscape Class – Make Your Own Patterns

August 25, 2009

Want to learn to make your own scroll saw patterns? With the success of the GIMP class on making scroll saw portrait patterns, we’re turning our attention to Inkscape. Beginning next Teusday (Sept. 1st) we’ll be holding a 4 week course on how to use Inkscape to create your own scroll saw patterns. Lessons will [...]

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Designing a Name Plate with Inkscape

April 8, 2009

The last couple episodes we used Inkscape to clean up patterns we found on the internet and prepare them for printing. This time, we’re actually going to dig in and design a simple scroll saw pattern with Inkscape. We’re creating a name plate for somebody’s desk. This is an easy pattern to put together, easier [...]

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Printing Oversized Patterns with Inkscape

April 3, 2009

There are times when we need to print a pattern larger than a standard sheet of paper. This can be either for large fretwork patterns, intarsia, lath art, or even yard art patterns. This episode, we use Inkscape to prepare an oversized pattern for printing. We review importing and cleaning up the pattern from the [...]

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Preparing A Pattern For Printing With Inkscape

March 20, 2009

We’re continuing the Pattern Workshop with a new series as we explore a new program, Inkscape. Inkscape is a vector based graphics software, similar to Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. The main difference is the price tag. Inkscape is Free!!! You can find your copy of Inkscape at Inkscape.org. It is a very cool program [...]

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