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We are a business that does wood burns and wood crafting, Like Scroll sawing, relief carving and yard shadows, and small furniture making, we live in North west GA. in Rome.
We do a few things that we love to do, the favorite of all them is scroll saw portaits and art. which i have a Craftsman 16 inch scroll saw. too see pic go to our photos page.
Second favorite is wood burning and relief carving, which i usually put the 2 together. relief carvin is cutting out the background so the subject will stand out.
Yard shadows is our least favorite, but we do get a few orders for them, we buy our patterns from yardshadows.com its an awesome site, great prices for anyone that wants to get into wood working, they have all kinds of stuff besides yard shadow patterns. give them a look click here

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To get a better idea of what we do here is some definitions we got from www.wikipedia.com .

Relief carving as a type of woodcarving is as old as antiquity, yet it is still enjoyed by carvers today. Though it is not as popular as other forms of wood carving, it is gaining in popularity because of its versatility as a medium of artistic expression. There is essentially no limit to this form of artistic expression. Relief carving is a sculptural form in which figures are carved in a flat panel of wood. The figures project only slightly from the background rather than standing freely. Depending on the degree of projection, reliefs may also be classified as high or medium relief.Relief carving can be described as "carving pictures in wood". The process of relief carving involves removing wood from a flat wood panel in such a way that an object appears to rise out of the wood. Most relief carving is done with hand tools - chisels and gouges - which sometimes require a mallet to drive them through the wood.As wood is removed from the panel around the objects traced onto it from the pattern, the objects themselves stand up from the background wood. Modeling of the objects can take place as soon as enough background has been removed and the object edges are trimmed to the pattern lines.In order to secure the wood panel, a workbench with fixtures like bench-dogs, carver's screw or clamps, is necessary. Carving tools come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, some aimed strictly at the hobbyist, but others directed at professional carvers. Some carving tools are held with one hand while the carving is held in the other. Much of the skill required for relief carving lays in learning to grip and manipulate tools to get the desired effect.

A scroll saw is a small electric or pedal operated saw useful for cutting intricate curves where a jigsaw or coping saw is not appropriate; it is capable of creating curves with edges. It is somewhat similar to a band saw, but unlike band saws, in which the saw blade is a continuous loop, scroll saws use saw blades similar to those used by coping saws and operate through a quick reciprocating up and down motion. Its advantages compared to a bandsaw are that the blade can be removed and placed into a pre-drilled starting point, allowing for cuts within surface boundaries, and the scroll saw is able to cut much more intricate curves.
Size:
Scroll saws are referred to by throat. This is the distance from the blade to the rear frame of the saw, which determines how large of a piece of wood can be cut. The smaller saws have a throat of as little as twelve inches, while the larger commercial saws are approaching the thirty-inch mark. Industrial saws have been used before computer automation to make even larger objects by hanging the top mechanical linkage to a ceiling providing indefinite throats. Scroll saws vary in price from under a hundred dollars, to close to two thousand dollars.
Scroll sawing is a very popular hobby for many woodworkers. The tool allows for a substantial amount of creativity and takes comparatively little space. In addition, many scroll saw projects require little more than the saw itself, reducing the investment in tools. One main purpose for using a scroll saw is the ability to cut intricate curves and joints, very quickly, and with great accuracy. They can also be used to cut dovetail joints quickly, and are a common tool for thicker intarsia projects. Using a very fine blade, the saw kerf is all but invisible.
Scroll saws are comparatively safe meaning that children, under close adult supervision, can enjoy creating crafts, and realizing the pride generated when completing a mechanical task. Inadvertent contact between the blade and the operator's fingers is unlikely to result in serious injury. Scroll saw blades come in many different types. With the exception of blades made for very light duty saws, typical blades are five inches long. The major types are:
Skip tooth (or single skip tooth) which has a tooth, a gap then another tooth;
Double skip tooth (two teeth, a gap then two teeth);
Crown or two-way which has teeth facing both up and down so it cuts on both the down-stroke (as with all other blades) and on the up-stroke;
Spiral blades which essentially are a regular flat blade which is twisted so that there are teeth sticking out on all sides.
Metal cutting blades using hardened steel;
Diamond blades (a wire coated with diamond bits) for cutting glass.
Blades come in many different sizes ranging from #10/0 for making jewelry (about the size of a coarse hair) to #12 which is like a small band saw blade.There is also a variation called a reverse tooth blade. On reverse tooth blades, the bottom 3/4" of the teeth are reversed (point up). This helps reduce splintering on the edges of the bottom of the cut. It does not clear sawdust out of the cut as well, making the cutting slower, producing more heat in the blade which reduces blade life, and making burning of the cut more likely. Reverse tooth blades are especially useful when cutting softwood, and plywood such as Baltic birch plywood.Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning.Pyrography means "writing with fire" and is the traditional art of using a heated tip or wire to burn or scorch designs onto natural materials such as wood or leather. Burning can be done by means of a modern solid-point tool (similar to a soldering iron) or hot wire tool, or a more basic method using a metal implement heated in a fire, or even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens.This allows a great range of natural tones and shades to be achieved - beautiful subtle effects can create a picture in sepia tones, or strong dark strokes can make a bold, dramatic design. Varying the type of tip used, the temperature, or the way the iron is applied to the material all create different effects. Solid-point machines offer a variety of tip shapes, and can also be used for "branding" the wood or leather. Wire-point machines allow the artist to shape the wire into a variety of configurations, to achieve broad marks or fine lines. This work is time-consuming, done entirely by hand, with each line of a complex design drawn individually. After the design is burned in, wooden objects are often coloured, sometimes boldly or more delicately tinted.Pyrography is also popular among gourd crafters and artists, where designs are burned onto the exterior of a dried hard-shell gourd, usually with dramatic results.

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