tranquility

Your work is Beautiful. Very intricate. Wood workers who have never used the scroll saw don’t know the time, patience, and skill required to produce such a wonderful piece. Great Work, my Friend!!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Man alive if you don’t like this one you don’t like wood. Fabulous work!

So how many times was the blade released to create this?

This is a masterpiece, absolutely “STUNNING”. Thank you for sharing with us. I may some day soon try my hand at scrolling.

-- Nubs,Reserve

That is indeed a masterpiece! Impressive work, you are definitely an artist

-- Joanne, New York, www.creationhollow.com

exceptional work ,

and as mentioned ,
the skill required for this ,
is only learned thru patience .

well done !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Masterful patience!

-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com

As I see, there is no end to patience, skills, imagination, creativity and beauty.

Hat’s off for your patience and scrollsaw skills.

Best,

Serge

http://www.atelierdubricoleur.spaces.live.com

-- Learn from yesterday, work today and enjoy success tomorrow.

Beautiful piece. I know how much patience it takes to do something with this much detail and have decided, I don’t have enough.

Great work!!!!!

-- Paul, North Dakota, USAF Ret.

Amazing detail.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Beautiful work.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

Wow. Great work.

-- Alan, Prince George

So wonderful what a great piece very well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

As usual you have again left us without adequate words. When my cats see this they will be jelous that its not them.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

dokiselle,

So nice to see your work again!!

As always, you bring the big cats to life.

Oh my god thats amazing i have never seen such detailed scrolwork turely stunning thanks for sharing

-- cut it saw it scrap it

A truely beautiful piece. Are the eyes stained or cut out and another type of wood inserted.

-- I always have tomorrow to stop procrastinating. WoodyWoodWrecker

thank you for all the nice comments. this one took 1,031 blade releases. The eyes, i bleached and stained with orange resin dye i use for making stained glass. the dye is compatible with laquer so i tried it and found out it does work. i was actually thinking the dye is more resistant to light and will not easily fade.

-- dokiselle

wow! nice job… would you mind posting a closeup of the scroll work?.... I cant imagine 1031 blade changes. about how long does it take to complete a project of this size?

Erik

-- Erik

My mom would LOVE something like that… umm could you give a tip on how to make something like that? except maybe simpler because I have NO scrollsaw experience…

-- To each his(or her!) own!

roselle,
Your work is truly in a league of it’s own. I marvel at each piece you do. It’s hard to believe that they can get any better, but each new one is so inspiring. Knowing that the wood is 5/8” thick also just adds to the complexity of the piece. I don’t find the solid wood to be near as forgiving as baltic birch plywood is. Did you have any breakage that required repair? I know I surely would have. Congratulations again on a wonderful piece of art!

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

WOW! Just WOW!!

Sef
http://chathampenworks.com/

-- I may not know a lot, but at least I know that I don't know.?.?. I think. http://chathampenworks.com/

Amazing! How big is it?

-- The only thing wrong with instant gratification is that it's not fast enough.

i used a total of 52 blades for this. it took me a total of 80 hours of scrolling to finish. im glad to say i didnt have any breakage while doing this piece, i seldom have breakage in my work. Thats why i purposely use thicker wood because it lessens breakage. honestly, i really cant use plywood because i cant find good quality plywood here in my part of the philippines.

-- dokiselle

this measures 20×33 inches

-- dokiselle

another excellent piece Roselle.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Beautiful!

A fantastic piece of art, & patience.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1