Some pieces I did for the kids for Christmas. We used to get portraits from mother almost every Christmas, and now that she's gone I thought I would try and continue the tradition in my own way.
I also completed another piece that I should have posted a while back. I'm sure I took photos of them, but I can't find them now.
In the unlikely event that anyone wishes to comment: Feel free to say you like them. Feel free to say you don't. Feel free to ask if I could make one for you. Feel free to say you would park your car on one of these out of respect for your tires. Just please don't say something about how talented I am. I am skilled, not talented. These are actually quite simple to make, but the years I spent learning the craft to the point that I could knock these off- that's the hard part.
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I think they're wonderful! It is interesting you posted these, because I have an interest in portraiture of late, and it is my plan to begin trying my hand at it. These are wonderful portraits of children and I only hope someone is really appreciating them, as an expression of yours and their artistic heritage as given you by your Mom (God rest her soul), and as an expression of love from you, and well done! I am very curious as to the process of creating these. What is it called, and where can one learn such a thing?
I should add, I love the idea of working with wood, and using stains, etc., to add such subtle coloring. I imagine this involves a jig saw of some kind. yikes.
It's a scroll saw. This is my take on intarsia- which is the art of making a picture out of different types of wood, using the different species as your palette. I have done that before, and it works well, but my palette is rather limited up here, so I use wood dyes and sanding and some carving to achieve my effects.
You could make money at this. It's very creative. However I"m sure that doing it for family and doing it as a business are two very different things.
I have never heard that term before, and I'm completely intrigued by it. A scroll saw huh? Not a fan of saws in general, too klutzy, so that may rule it out, but I love the result. You must be cutting your own wood too if you are limited by your geography. Impressive. Off I go to look up the process. Thank you for sharing!
Clarification, I had never heard of "intarsia", lol.
I do sometimes cut my own wood. Lately I mainly find it. But, unfortunately, all the places where I used to buy wood have gone out of business, so I am left with what is available at the stores, which is pine, maple, oak, poplar, and occasionally walnut. Not exactly a wide range of colours. I could buy some exotic veneers, but I find veneers a little delicate for my work. I need something thicker, and a little more robust. I'll post some more pictures of my work later.
(Kathleen)
Whatever happened with your beautiful altar?
I love the Cueball Joe. Are your items still for sale?
The altar is up in my bedroom now. I wasn't happy with the way my paintings turned out, and may return to them again in the future. Unfortunately, my attempts to photograph the completed altar always turned out poorly.
Whom are referring to as 'Cueball Joe'? Would that be my St Michael?
I still sell my stuff from time to time. The St Michael I gave way to my brother, who said he should have kept it when we were splitting up my mother's possessions. I can knock off another one, but it does take several hours to make one. Price in general depends on time, which depends upon complexity.
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