Project Information
I've done several scroll saw portraits for family and friends as gifts, and naturally the reactions are positive due to the circumstances. This was a commission, so I was a bit out of my comfort zone for obvious reasons.
The person sent me pictures of his grand-daughters which I created a pattern for using a variety of graphics programs. I'm always looking for the best method to achieve the results I need and every time I do one of these I discover another way.
I used Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and even some effects they now have in Microsoft Power Point. I finally got what I wanted after about 5-6 hours of trial and error. The challenging part, for those who have done this is to avoid the pattern having you cut out little islands of wood , or floaters, which will separate from the pattern.
Now the fun cutting the pattern. I used a stack of two 1/8 inch Baltic birch plywood taped together with blue painters tape which makes the removal of the patter easy, without glue residue - very important for not damaging the very delicate parts.
After finishing the cutting and cleaning up the loose wood fibers, I glued the wood to a black matte board from a framing store.
One thing to mention was that I found some excellent blades that I found really helped my control of the cutting.
These were the Pegas 2/0 modified geometry blades made in Switzerland. Some people use spiral blades but I am not comfortable with those.
The final sixe was 10×8 inches
Overall I was pleased with the result, Hopefully the guy I did it for will be as well
Thanks for watching
The person sent me pictures of his grand-daughters which I created a pattern for using a variety of graphics programs. I'm always looking for the best method to achieve the results I need and every time I do one of these I discover another way.
I used Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and even some effects they now have in Microsoft Power Point. I finally got what I wanted after about 5-6 hours of trial and error. The challenging part, for those who have done this is to avoid the pattern having you cut out little islands of wood , or floaters, which will separate from the pattern.
Now the fun cutting the pattern. I used a stack of two 1/8 inch Baltic birch plywood taped together with blue painters tape which makes the removal of the patter easy, without glue residue - very important for not damaging the very delicate parts.
After finishing the cutting and cleaning up the loose wood fibers, I glued the wood to a black matte board from a framing store.
One thing to mention was that I found some excellent blades that I found really helped my control of the cutting.
These were the Pegas 2/0 modified geometry blades made in Switzerland. Some people use spiral blades but I am not comfortable with those.
The final sixe was 10×8 inches
Overall I was pleased with the result, Hopefully the guy I did it for will be as well
Thanks for watching