This is a Lori Irish design which was offered by Lori as an on line seminar through Wood Carving Illustrated. (http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/forum/f58/irish-pyrography-seminar-45085/) I found the seminar very helpful and I finally got the project finished tonight. I burned the design onto birch plywood using the Razortip tools. I photographed the picture with various lightings, hence the different color effect. The third photograph is more true to the picture.

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This knot was cut in mahogany on my scroll saw.I carved the detail in with a small carving knife and finished it with Danish oil. this was my first attempt at wooden jewelry. If I was to do a lot more jewelry i would need to do some research on suppliers for jewelry findings. I was not happy with the pin.
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I cut the blank for this celtic knot out of mahogany using my scroll saw. I then carved in the detail using a small carving knife. I finished it with Danish oil. I had a challenge finding a clasp to attach the chain. I ended up using a clasp from an old piece of jewelry.
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Back to my celtic roots! I made this box from mahogany and yellow cedar. I cut the box using the scroll saw and chip carved the celtic design on the lid. I also chip carved a celtic knot on the inside of the lid. The mahogany is easier to chip carve than the yellow cedar.
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I used one of Steve Good’s patterns to make these trays in red cedar. On one of the trays I carved a butterfly on the end – not very successfully. Red cedar is not good for carving! I cut out a butterfly on the scroll saw using mahogany and overlaid it on the second box. Two more projects completed to add to the Christmas list!

I made these ornaments from a pattern I purchased from Sheila Landry. It was a great learning experience in getting sharp corners on the scroll saw. The teddy bear was made from mahogany and the others from cedar. I sure hope I did the patterns justice!

I used Steve Good’s pattern (Scrollworks) to make this Christmas box from mahogany and yellow cedar on my scroll saw.

This is my latest project completed just a couple of days ago. I took a seminar on Carving a Wood Spirit at Lee Valley and this is the result. Carved from cottonwood bark, I call him “Winkle” !

This chip carved tissue box was the first chip carved project I did. It was a seminar that I followed through the carving club I belong to – Richmond Carving Society. It was made from basswood and I finished it with a dark Danish oil.

This was my first Celtic clock design. I cut the design out in oak with the scroll saw. I made this a few years ago and it reminds me how much I have learned since then!

I cut this box on the scroll saw from yellow cedar. I made the wood hinges on the scroll saw (not really successfully!) and inlaid the celtic knot from mahogany. The Celtic designs on the top and side of the box were hand carved. I finished with a Danish oil.

This is a Celtic or Welsh lovespoon. I used a scroll saw to cut the blank from basswood and carved and burned in the detail. I submitted the spoon to the Fraser Valley carving show, the Richmond carving show and Quilchena carving show and was very pleased with the results!

I designed three celtic clocks based on the idea of an Irish Tara Brooch. I scrolled the blanks from oak and carved in the detail. The brooch pin was carved from basswood. I’m not sure what the wood on the open knot clock was. I submitted the open knot clock into the Monroe Carving show last April and won second place.