Get a fresh new take on fretwork!
- 27 full-size patterns to make on your scroll saw, including trivets, coasters, and wall plaques
- Step-by-step tutorials for three complete projects
- Contemporary designs of peace signs, butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and other intricate patterns
- Expert tips for wood selection and size, blank preparation, blade selection, and more
- Author Charles R. Hand is a talented designer and award-winning scroller
Try your hand at 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 tutorial, and 27 full-sized scroll saw patterns of peace signs, butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and other fresh designs to challenge your scroll saw skills. The patterns are at 100% scale for direct and convenient photocopying.
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!
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 world-wide clientele on his website, Making Dust with Charles Hand.
Get started making stunning trivets, coasters, and wall plaques, while exploring a modern twist on a traditional artform, with Circular Scroll Saw Designs!
Charles 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.