Scroll Saw Portraits 2nd Edition

Author Gary Browning shows you how to convert photos into wooden, scroll-sawed replicas. 112 pages of pattern making and cutting techniques, and patterns.

ISBN: 1565232518ISBN-13: 9781565232518





Scroll Saw Portraits: How to turn a photograph of a loved one, pet, or movie star into a strikingly accurate portrait in wood is detailed in this woodcutting workbook. Guiding readers through converting an image via computer into a woodcutting pattern, this book provides strategies for creating a wood portrait that maintains the essential attributes of the original subject. Tips are provided for investing in computer software, finishing and framing a portrait, and cutting a piece without weakening the wood. This second edition charts current advances in software and provides fascinating patterns of many famous faces for readers who do not wish to design their own.