Get a fresh take on fretwork!
- 27 intricate patterns to make on your scroll saw, including trivets, coasters, and wall plaques
- Step-by-step tutorials for three complete projects: a trivet, lazy Susan, and plaque
- Contemporary designs of peace signs, butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and other intricate patterns
- Expert tips for wood selection, blank preparation, blade selection, stack cutting, and more
- Author Charles R. Hand is a talented designer and award-winning scroller
Create a collection of contemporary fretwork scroll saw projects!
Offering a modern twist on a traditional artform, this complete guide features how-to tips, three helpful step-by-step tutorials, and an array of versatile fretwork designs that vary in difficulty for trivets, wall plaques, coasters, and more!
The included 27 scroll saw patterns feature dragonflies, teddy bears, Christmas trees, snowflakes, fish, shamrocks, sunbursts, hearts, and other fresh designs to challenge your scroll saw skills. Most of the patterns are full-size and can be used at 100% scale for direct and convenient photocopying, but you can shrink or enlarge the patterns depending on your purpose for the finished design, providing endless possibilities!
This must-have guide is perfect for scrollers of all skill levels, whether beginner, intermediate, or advanced. After sharing insightful guidance in an overview on materials, tools, basic techniques, and finishing tips, author Charles R. Hand will walk you through three complete step-by-step projects with coordinating photography to make a Teddy Bear Trivet, a Spring Flower Lazy Susan, and a Summer Love Plaque. From there, you'll get to challenge and build your scroll saw skills through 24 additional scroll saw patterns, including peace signs, guitars, butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and other intricate designs.
In 112 information-packed pages, this exciting project guide will show you everything you need to know to accomplish intricate trivets, coasters, and wall plaques. Also included is insightful information on wood selection and size, prepping blanks, selecting blades, and more, plus an inspirational gallery of completed designs to jump-start your creativity!
Author Charles R. Hand is an accomplished designer and award-winning scroll saw artist with a love for fretwork, intarsia, segmentation, and inlay. A regular and well-received contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, he also sells his work to a worldwide clientele on his website, Making Dust with Charles Hand.
Have fun with fretwork and make stunning trivets, coasters, and wall plaques, all while exploring a modern twist on a traditional artform, with Circular Scroll Saw Designs!
"Anyone moderately familiar with scroll sawing knows that Charles Hand is an accomplished designer; this book shows that he is an effective teacher, as well. If you're looking for a roadmap to success in this art form, Circular Scroll Saw Designs is it."
—Kaylee Schofield, Editor, Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine
"The first time I saw one of Charles' fretwork designs, I was hooked. His unique style and detail are both challenging and visually stunning. This collection is very different with its circular format. Charles has restored my joy in doing fretwork."
—Rolf Beuttenmuller, Scroll Saw Artist, Contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine
Charles R. Hand started scrolling and designing his own patterns in 2005. Over the years, his designs became more involved as he studied the works of other designers and artists, developing his own style. He carries his camera with him in case he sees something that he might want to make a design out of for scroll sawing. A few years ago Charles built a website for his designs, which he now sells all over the world.
