Crucifix's

[RangerJay]

Just finished these up this afternoon - and this is my first effort at trying to insert an image .... sure hope it works ......

Patterns are put together from work by Sue Mey, Sheila Landry and my own hacking around with the backing pieces.

Backing pieces are Elm or Maple - each is "Rescue" wood from old - really old - school desks - you know - at least the old guys (like me) will remember the kind with ink wells in the corner .....

Crosses are Baltic Birch.

Christ figures are Walnut (2) or Maple Burl (1) - first time working with Maple Burl - really like it - finish effect is terrific.

Comments welcome.


Jay

[wood-n-things]

Those are superb. How did you insert the images?

[RangerJay]

How did you insert the images?

Thanks - but I'm not that good - they're just glued on top - I did think I'd like to try cutting a self-frame but chickened out in the end .... thought the sharp angles of the corners would be a problem - not sure whether that would be true or not - but wasn't up for the experiment.

Jay

[DWSudekum]

Nice work on those Jay. Thanks for sharing them with us.

DW

[Scrappile]

Beautiful pieces. No way to choose a preference.

[Max]

I love them. Excellent work especially on the backer.

[Kepy]

Beautiful work. I especially like the backer that looks like a window.

[Terry Murphy]

Very good, I like'em.

Terry

[mikewix]

Nice job Jay, they look great.

[RangerJay]

Thanks so much for the kind words.

I need to correct the source of the patterns .....

....... a very humble apology ......

...... I do love cutting from the patterns of both Sheila Landry and Sue Mey but in this case I got the source of the patterns wrong - so - with genuine apologies to the both of them ...... the cuttings came from Wildwood designs - the Christ figure is pattern # 1476 and the Cross is pattern #62243 ...... guess I really need to bite the bullet and do a serious clean up the filing system for my patterns ...... sorry about that.

The biggest lesson I learned on this project is that Maple Burl is a lot easier to cut than I would have imagined - a good thing - but - when cutting thin stock you really need to be careful or the swirly grains of the burl will take the blade in places you really don't want to be ..... and ...... no matter how gentle you are ...... a sanding mop is simply not a good idea ...... the original idea was that all the Christ figures would be from the Maple Burl ..... only one survived the sanding mop ..... you'd think I would have learned after the first one broke up .....

Thanks again,


Jay

[daveww1]

Very nice, I like all 3

[penquin1]

See you put them up over here. Look good again. Great work love the detail.
jim
penquin

[Spirithorse]

Great work!
Those patterns are exceptional but, your backers really set it off perfectly!
Great cutting on the fretwork too!
Thanks for sharing, thanks for giving the source for the patterns.
God Bless! Spirithorse

[bgloyn]

Not sure about maple burl but when working with elm bud burl I flood with thin ca to stabilize. I do feathers for dream catcher in 1/8 and mop sand no problem.

[RangerJay]

Not sure about maple burl but when working with elm bud burl I flood with thin ca to stabilize. I do feathers for dream catcher in 1/8 and mop sand no problem.

Thanks - I will try that - I didn't do anything and maybe that was the issue - really appreciate the advice.

Jay