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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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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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Bouyerchrist's Gallery

March 14, 2008

I love looking at galleries of other people’s work. I often go seek them out specifically. Unfortunately, the search engines I use only offer English speaking websites. Its a shame, because there is a big ol’ world out there. I stumbled across Bouyerchrist’s scroll saw gallery/blog awhile back. Bouyerchrist is located in Chambéry in France. [...]

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The Ascent – A Wooden Clock Kit

February 12, 2008

Last post, I talked about Adrian Iredale’s video on how he makes wooden gear clocks. It is pretty inspiring and he makes it look a little less intimidating. But, maybe you’re not quite ready to jump into the deep end just yet. Jim Bumgardner of KrazyDad.com has written about his experience making a wooden gear [...]

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Willowshimmer Woodworks

February 8, 2008

When Allison White put together her blog to show off her intarsia and scrollwork, she didn’t quite know what she was getting into. Blogging, just like scrolling, can become quite addictive. Her blog, Willowshimmer Woodworks, highlights her artwork along with her thoughts about each project. Along with her woodworks, she shares some of her favorite [...]

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Geno's Scroll Saw Blog

January 25, 2008

I love blogs and blogging. Its a great sneak peak into some one’s lives to see what they’re up to. I especially love blogs related to my interests. Geno is a scroller and woodworker from the Adirondack Mountains of NY. He runs a scroll saw blog that he posts to several times a month. He [...]

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The Piano Man

December 11, 2007

Well, Steve over at Scrollsaw Workshop did it again. He knocks out so many great patterns, its hard to keep up with. So I usually only write about the truly unique items and this one takes the cake. This time it’s an Automata pattern. A what? Automata is a mechanical toy that mimics some sort [...]

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Stack Cutting Bookmarks

November 29, 2007

David at Scroll Saw Blog has put together a nice article on how he stack cuts bookmarks. It isn’t a tutorial per se, but does offer really great insight on how he approaches bookmark cutting. Give his techniques a try. I think these would make really great gifts. He does quite well with selling them [...]

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Billy The Kid

November 28, 2007

OK. Time for a little shameless self promotion. I started a blog a while back called Free Scroll Saw Patterns. The intention was to distribute patterns I that I have created. Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way of my pattern designing. But someday soon, when all of the craziness has subsided, I’ll develop a [...]

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