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Animal Portraits in Wood: Crafting 16 Artistic Mosaics with Your Scroll Saw
Author(s): Neal Moore (Author)
- Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
- Publication Date: 15 Sept. 2006
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1565232933
- ISBN-13: 9781565232938
Book Description
The time-honored art of mosaic is updated in this book for the modern scroll saw craftsperson. The book provides patterns to create realistic wildlife mosaics that showcase the natural beauty and grain of wood. Included are 16 wildlife patterns in varying degrees of difficulty that capture big cats, mountain and plains animals, and birds of prey. The first three projects are in step-by-step format to develop basic skills while the remaining projects have a level of instruction that includes challenging techniques. Instructions for each pattern include enlargement dimensions, size and thickness of wood to use, gluing and sawing details and staining/finishing advice. The book also contains a section on tools, materials, blades, and working with patterns, along with detailed instructions for crafting a wood frame to fit the finished project.
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From the Back Cover
If you can follow a line on a pattern with a scroll saw, you too can create beautiful, one-of-a-kind images of wildlife. Animal Portraits in Wood provides all of the inspiration and guidance you’ll need to master the craft of segmented relief portraiture – a fun and modern form of intarsia that is extremely easy to learn. Author Neal Moore, a scroll saw artist, offers clear, step-by-step instructions along with precise, realistic patterns that will showcase your talents as you capture the beauty of nature in wood. Inside you’ll receive: * 16 attractive wildlife patterns, each with a project overview, the number of pieces, and staining and assembly charts * 3 projecrts presented from start to finish in an easy step-by-step format that will develop your scrolling skills and fully prepare you for the more challenging patterns * Tips for creating custom patterns from your own photographs * Customized framing ideas to bring out the beauty of each completed project
About the Author
Neal Moore, a retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer, is one of those who are considered the absolute-best at what they do for the Navy, having risen through the ranks of the enlisted to eventually receive a Presidential appointment. Retired since 1983, Neal Moore has shifted his interest in exacting technical operations to a different venue, the scroll saw. After purchasing his first scroll saw in 2003, Neal soon developed his own patterns, and perfected a wood-crafting technique called “segmented portraiture”. His work has been featured on the cover of Scroll Saw Workshop magazine and he is a moderator for Scroll Saw Workshop’s message board Neal Moore lives in Cottageville, West Virginia.
