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Leaf Wall Hanging

Project by Teresa K. Jenkins posted 925 days ago 740 views 1 time favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites
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Teresa K. Jenkins

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Nature is a constant source of inspiration for me. When I lived on the East Coast, the shapes, sizes, variety and colors of the multitude of trees amazed this girl from the West Coast. Fall became my favorite time of year and the motivation for this piece. I used Tiger maple, polyurethane, Watco and oil pastel for this project.


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Ellen

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posted 925 days ago

I have followed your work since I saw it on women in woodworking. This one in particular is my favorite. Very nice! Does this have lots of different overlays, or is it one with all the leaves cut out?

-- Ellen -- www.goodadvertising.com/woodwork

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Teresa K. Jenkins

11 posts in 928 days


posted 923 days ago

Hi Ellen, thanks for your comment, very beautiful work by the way..to answer you question..the piece has different overlays. All the leaves are from actual leaves I collected. I created a pattern of overlaying leaves to give the piece depth. There are five different levels within the piece.

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Stephen

36 posts in 921 days


posted 921 days ago

Like a farmer who has achieved a certain level of excellence, you Teresa, are outstanding in your field! Where can I see more of your work?

-- Stephen (A) Western North Carolina

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Martin Sojka

1114 posts in 954 days


posted 897 days ago

Stephen, you can see more of Teresa’s wonderful work on her website (you can find the link in her profile) – it is great source of inspiration for the designers of any kind.

Teresa, I like the depth you achieved with overlaying leaves. And the colors of fall match well with the other materials.

Do you also have some spring project to share?

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin_Sojka/1357216976

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billc

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posted 867 days ago

I love your work, very natural, very beautiful!

-- Bill, Marin County California, www.tamalpais.com

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Mark A. DeCou

1305 posts in 887 days


posted 861 days ago

Teresa:
Having just heard about your work here, and looking at your website, I am fast becoming a fan of your creativity. I have noticed in several articles on Women doing woodworking, that some of the most unique, and creative pieces made, are done by women. You should be encouraged, you have an eye for design that most of us don’t have.

I am perplexed by something though, I can not get a good enough photo, close enough detail, to really tell what you are doing with the overlay leaf patterns. I am a big leaf fan, and just completed a multi-piece commission carving leaves and making hammered copper leaf handles. I like your leaf design a lot better than I like mine, but I can’t really tell enough about it from your photos. Do you have any other photos that you could post, or send me, that would show a closer detail, or some progress photos. I don’t want to give you the perception that I want to steal your idea, but I just can’t get it out of my head until I understand how you are doing it.

thanks for your patience with the slower ones of our community, me,
Mark DeCou
www.decoustudio.com

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

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Teresa K. Jenkins

11 posts in 928 days


posted 858 days ago

Hello Mark,

Thank you for your kind words regading my “leaves”..I was a mechanical engineer once also so I understand your “need to know”..it took several years and lots of planning to get the desired effect. It is very work intensive and requires a heck of a lot of patience. I have another piece showcasing the same technique with leaves on my website:
www.teresakjenkins.com
I can tell you that actual leaves were used for the pattern and it was all done by hand.
..A girl has to keep some things to herself…sometimes when the mystery is revealed, the magic is lost..remember when you found out about Santa? :-)

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Mark A. DeCou

1305 posts in 887 days


posted 852 days ago

So, what are you saying, that there is no Santa?!
Ok, ok, I’ll quit asking, the leaves are beautiful, even if I’ll never know how they were done.
congrats,
Mark DeCou www.decoustudio.com

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

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Diane

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posted 537 days ago

I love leaves too, one of my paintings is full of leaves. I love this so much I can’t stop looking at it. After seeing this I think next fall I will scan some leaves and then paint them. This would look beautiful made into Giclee prints to sell and/or cards.

You have inspired me.

Diane

-- http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/DMarcella/

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BillinDetroit

26 posts in 458 days


posted 443 days ago

Theresa, every photo in the gallery links to the same address:
http://www.teresakjenkins.com/gallery.html#

I’d like to get a closer look at the pastel leaves and also the table with the horizontal panel. But today doesn’t look to be my day.

-- http://nmwoodworks.com (pens & bowls, mostly)

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mot

4837 posts in 518 days


posted 442 days ago

Wow…I”m glad this came back around. What a wonderful piece.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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