FEATURES

Summer Sunflower Wreath
By Kathy Wise
Easy intarsia requires only three colors of wood

Classic Compound-cut Checkers Set
By Sue Mey
Heirloom-quality game made with your scroll saw

SpyPod
By Carl Hird-Rutter
Scroll your own essential accessory for covert missions

Petal-perfect Rose Box
By Robert Ardizzoni
Basic technique turns any design into a custom keepsake box

2007 Best Project Design Contest
Prize-winning entries and highlights from the contest
METHODS

Floral Inlay Plate
By Gary MacKay
Relief cutting techniques simulate the look of a turned plate

Personalized Hatband
By Gil Gilpatrick
Quick and easy custom panels combine your favorite hobbies

Painted Pony
By James Haumesser
Colorful Dentzel carousel horse makes an impressive display

Watchful Leopard Clock
By Sue Mey
Use a woodburner to create the look of found wood

Suspended Wine Holder
By Gary MacKay
Simple angle cutting produces a clever display

Eagle Keepsake Box
By Paul Meisel
Straightforward project is ideal for beginners
PATTERNS

Victorian Plumage Wall Shelf
By John A. Nelson
Intricate fretwork showcases your talents and collectibles

On the Ocean Floor
By Ellen Brown
Scroll a taste of the tropics with this coral reef scene

Seaside Pelican Puzzle
By Judy and Dave Peterson
Clever, free-standing puzzle is a quick and easy summer project

Wild Mustang
By Sue Chrestensen and Toni Burghout
Free-spirited design captures motion in segmentation, intarsia, inlay, or fretwork

Persian-style Mirror Frame
By Richard Preator
Repeating design highlights your scrolling skills
TECHNIQUES

Coloring with Gilders Paste
By Toni Burghout and Sue Chrestensen
Thick coloring agent makes it easy to control application
DEPARTMENTS

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Kathy Wise has been sculpting dogs and animals professionally for more than 25 years. Much of her time is now spent in the woodshop and art studio working on new and exciting designs for intarsia artists to cut and enjoy. Kathy is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts. For more information visit her website at www.kathywise.com.

Sue Mey lives in Pretoria South Africa. To see more of her work or for pattern-making tutorials and a wide variety of patterns for sale, visit www.scrollsawartist.com.

Gary MacKay is a designer and box maker who lives with his wife, Helen, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He
has been designing, making, and selling boxes in craft galleries for more than 20 years.

Gary first started woodworking during his high school years when he used a jigsaw to make an end table from pine. After buying a band saw in 1985, he sold band saw boxes through consignment shops in northern Vermont. Now, he concentrates on designing and making wooden items that can be cut on a scroll saw. He is currently juried through the South Carolina Artisans Center, one of the craft galleries where his work is on display.

Gary likes to use his scrap wood to make snowflake ornaments and intarsia projects. Whenever he is not working in his woodshop, he can be found out on the golf course or in the vegetable garden. Gary is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.

Paul Meisel's experience in woodworking and design is extensive. During his 10 years as an industrial arts instructor, Mr. Meisel realized the need for project plans that the beginning woodworker could manage. He began designing projects that excited interest in students, yet did not exceed their skill level.

Realizing the need for well-designed plans for the school as well as the home-hobbyist woodworker, he and his wife, Pat, set about creating a mail order company for the distribution of these plans. They took their unique concept one step further by offering many hard-to-find specialty hardware parts. This company, Meisel Hardware Specialties, has become one of the nation's leading project plan and woodworking supply companies.

John Nelson is a retired industrial arts educator and the author of The Complete Guide to Making Wooden Clocks and Scroll Saw Workbook. He is considered an expert among scroll saw enthusiasts and is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Workshop. He lives in Dublin, New Hampshire.

A former school teacher and librarian, Judy Peterson found her niche in life as a woodworker. She bought her first saw in 1990 and within the first six months was cutting and creating her own designs. She does business as Fan Tanimals, selling wood-crafted puzzles at art and craft shows around the country . A winner of many prizes, Judy was featured in the December 1997 issue of Wisconsin Trails. She has been published in Scroll Saw Workshop magazine. She teaches scroll sawing at Woodcraft in Madison, Wisconsin.

Dave Peterson is a Senior Systems Analyst for a small mail order company and provides business support for Fan Tanimals. Judy and Dave can be reached via e-mail at FanTamdsp@aol.com

James Haumesser of Phoenix, Ariz., creates a variety of projects on his scroll saw, but his primary interest is carousel horses. For more of his work, visit www.creativecarousels.com.