Creative Scroll Saw Segmentation

Armed with only a saw, inexpensive soft wood, and these patterns and directions, you can make more than 40 projects. Designed for those familiar with straightforward scroll sawing techniques and fundamental woodworking, these creations are simple, yet provide impressive results. With subjects from Boy Fishing to a Kachina Doll, there's a project for every taste.

Library Journal

The prolific Spielman here collaborates with designer and artist Droege in this guide to making pictures and sculptures out of small pieces, or "segments," of wood. This craft is like a simplified intarsia, but instead of piecing together wood of diverse species and grain patterns, one follows a pattern to cut a larger piece of wood into segments that are shaped, reassembled, and painted. The results are attractive, and the projects represent a wide variety of styles and themes: country, nautical, statues, and nature. One section features reproductions of fine artworks, including examples by Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse; they resemble paint-by-number pictures and are both fascinating and original. The instructions, geared toward beginning woodworkers, offer tips and techniques for safely working with small pieces of wood. This title will appeal to woodworkers of all skill levels because, while the projects are relatively simple, this form of work allows for a great deal of creativity. Recommended for all public libraries. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.