I finally have a place to build a real woodworking shop for my new wood decor art creations. I’m starting from the floor up, literally, to turn a garage into a shop for building everything from the work benches to new wood art decor, plus recording how-to videos and tool reviews as I go. I hope you’ll come along on this journey with me. … [Read more...]
Welcome to the New Heartwood Art Creations
I’m rebranding Heartwood Art and taking it in a whole new direction. I hope you’ll follow me on this journey of turning a hobby, and its website, into a real woodworking business venture, and a whole lot of fun along the way. … [Read more...]
The Seaweed Tree Carving is Finished
I’m thrilled with the way this carving project turned out. It was fun to do, but even more fun to figure out how to do it. I took my inspiration directly from nature and it shows. It’s a wild thing and I love it – the way the branches and shadows intermingle and the way the stacked layers give it a 3D look. … [Read more...]
Making Your Own Spacers is Tough – Seaweed Trees
I have my wall hanger, dowel rod, and a plan. I’m all set to make my own spacers to mount both layers of the Seaweed Tree carving for max shadows. I discovered really fast just how hard it is to make wooden spacers from a dowel rod, and eventually ended up switching to plan B. Maybe this post will save you from the same trial and error, … [Read more...]
Unique Mounting – Seaweed Trees
Figuring out how to hang this carving was half the fun of doing the project. But, I didn’t count on the plywood being this fragile. So, I had the joy of coming up with a modified solution, with a little help from my favorite framer. … [Read more...]
Seaweed Trees – Delicate Sanding Operation
Sanding such a delicate carving is tough. But I found two methods that made quick, yet safe work out of it. … [Read more...]
Scroll Sawing with Alder on Left Seaweed Tree
The left tree of this 2 layer piece is complete. I used alder and it has some interesting characteristics and challenges to work with on the scroll saw. … [Read more...]
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