Embrace scroll shelf brackets - Part1

Hello Everyone,

I love custom work! It definitely keeps your mind ticking.

My next exciting project is a pair of scrolled shelf brackets made out of oak. My client requested that I take inspiration from a wonderful print called the "Embrace" by Gustav Klimpt which will hang across from the shelf. The print is vibrant with amazing color and wild scrolls and shapes and it's just a visual playground. I lifted a portion of the scroll from the print and gave it my own twist - no pun intended :)

I gave my client quite a few options and she chose the one pictured above. From the 1/4 scale drawings I had to enlarge the chosen pattern to a workable full scale pattern. 

With every hardwood (as apposed to veneered sheet goods) project I like to acclimatize the wood to my workshop for a couple of days before I make my first cut. Keep in mind that it's coming from the lumber yard to my shop and then to my clients home - so it's travelling through various temperatures. 

I have a nice wide piece of oak selected for the scroll and and a narrower board for the mitered brackets. 

I can't wait to get started, so please join me next time for part 2!

Thanks for looking!

Roshaan

The new Fox Chapel Publishing 2010-2011 Fall Catalogue

Hi Everyone,

I'm so excited about the new Fox Chapel Publishing fall catalogue! Not only because I made the cover, but also because it is full of new and fresh woodcrafting books! In it you will find some modern and hip eco-friendly projects made out of twigs, branches and fallen trees as seen in the book called Tree Craft written by Chris Lubkemann. How cool is that!
Also look out for a book called Woodburning with Style written by my good friend Simon Easton. He gives you an in depth crash course in the art of pyrography. This book will appeal to woodworkers and artists alike. I can't wait to try one of the many great projects from the book.
This is just a tidbit of new and fantastic books in the new catalogue. Check it out today! Just click on the title of this post for the link.

Thanks for looking!

Roshaan