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Focus Project: Scroll Saw Family Portrait
There is a myriad of scroll saw projects to consider, however this one caught
my imagination and opens the door to a number of future possibilities.
I took the lead from the book “Scroll Saw Portraits” by Gary Browning. He sets
out a very organised series of steps to plan and proceed through this project.
I admit I was a bit ambitious with my first attempt – I converted a photo of myself
and set out as per instructions in the book. It was difficult to include all the
facial wrinkles and glasses etc and the result was way off the mark.
Back to the drawing board and my next subject was my grand-son Henry. Much more
straight forward and cleaner lines to follow. I abandoned the instructions in
the above book and devised a simpler method that proved to be very workable and
achieved our desired result.
Step 1:
Initial head shot photo of Henry from front on; include neck and
top of shoulders.
Step 2:
Scan the original photo and convert to black and white print. Ensure there
is enough “detail” of facial features etc to enable recognisable silhouette of
portrait.
Step 3:
Enlarge the size of black & white photo to suit an A4 frame,
print as black and white copy, then “outline” the sections to be cut out and removed.
Include sections of neck, shoulders and clothing.
Step 4:
Use masking tape to stick the top edge of the photo copy to the selected
3mm MDF panel. Trace the “cutout” sections on to MDF board using suitable graphite
or carbon paper. Check that all sections “copied” on to MDF before removing
masking tape and photo.
Step 5:
Drill small holes through marked “cutout sections.” I used a small
drill in a Dremel too.
Step 6:
Start removing “cutout” features; working from the centre
of the project.
Step 7:
Photo shows centre features removed
Step 8:
Photo shows midway through “cutouts”
Step 9:
Photo shows all features removed and project backed up against
“black paper”
Step 10:
Photo shows comparisons of 3 key stages of progress
Conclusion:
Henry and I are happy with the end result. Future options include extending
the portraits to include Grand- daughter Abigail, review old family photo albums
and select suitable subject matter: follow on portraits of Henry and Abigail
each 5 or 10 years perhaps. A challenging but satisfying project.
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