Archive for 2006/06


Tagua Nut Pyrography

This is one of my new pieces of art. I started by drawing the portrait on a piece of paper. Then I redraw the portrait on a Tagua nut.
The Tagua nut is a renewable rainforest crop used in place of ivory, thus called Vegetable Ivory.  The Tagua Nut is the dried seed pod of the […]

Scrollsaw Portraits

I’ve been currently working on Scrollsaw Portraits. The most important part of the process is the design and making sure that you don’t leave loose pieces. All parts of the wood must be connected to each other. Otherwise the piece will fall.
Here are some examples:

This portrait is from my painting: “Prayerful Jesus.”