chelsea

Amazing!!! The shading is incredible!

I’ve been MIA for awhile here but I wanted to share this piece I made recently! 301 pieces of handcut, unstained wood.
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Unbelievable work as always! The grain on those wings is stunning!!!

Thank you!!!

here’s the reference photo! i was asked to remove her harness and add a blue collar.

thank you!!! I had a VERY cute model to work from, so I can’t take full credit 😁

look at this happy little golden retriever puppy! i captured her fur with spalted maple, spalted birch, and monkeypod - no paints, stains, or dyes. :)

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Thank you, I so appreciate it!

Thank you so much!!!

🥹🥹🥹 THANKS!!!

Thank you!!! :)

Thank you so much!! And yes, I do! I’ll message you :)

Thank you!! I’ve been doing it just under two years now. I really love it and find it so fulfilling, more so than any other art form. I source it from Puerto Rico!! I’ve only been able to find one board with this coloring, but they’re all stunning in their own ways.

I made this very cute tuxedo cat a few weeks ago! No paints, stains, or dyes on this whole piece - the wood for the eye is Blue Mahoe, one of my favorites :)
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This is exactly what I do! Each day of the week has its own specific task - Mondays for drawing, Tuesdays cutting, Wednesdays shaping, etc. - keeps me from getting stuck at a standstill, and keeps me excited for the day ahead :)

Thank you so much! I’ve found that using canned air tends to be the best solution for dusting, for that very reason - a cloth tends to get a bit “grabby” on the wood! I do like the idea of a glass cover, but I’ve found that a big draw of these pieces is how tactile they are :)

Homer with his sugar protecting it sleepily while saying “the strong must protect the sweet”

This is unironically my political philosophy.

Thank you so much, fellow art fella :)

Thank you so much, Jax! I am forever astounded by the natural beauty of wood - Mother Nature is doing most of the legwork here, I’m just the conductor :)

What an unbelievable compliment!!! Wow, thank you so much. To make something that is treasured for generations is perhaps the highest honor.

I’m dying to make another one of this magnitude! It was such a fun challenge to pack so much detail into a single piece.

And likewise!!! I’m excited to find all my friends here!

Aw, SHUCKS!

Yes! It has about 2” of total depth. :) i have huge respect for your craft, though! Working with veneer is such a challenge!

You really are the coolest! Thank you so much for this - and I definitely will! I just finished up a wren and was thinking of you the whole time making it :’)

Incredible combination of mediums! This is stunning. I can only imagine what it looks like in person!

Forever amazed by you, Jynae! The more I revisit this piece, the more I think this lion might be the perfect representation of your true nature - patient, thoughtful, fierce. (Also, not to be messed with.)

I love this!! Two of my favorite materials!

This is gorgeous work! Wow! I love the way you used the grain to create shading on the boat. Beautiful.

Hi everyone! I’m Chelsea - a #scrollsaw artist who primarily creates hardwood intarsia pieces without the use of paints, stains, or dyes. Here’s one of Tunnel View at Yosemite that I’m particularly proud of! #yosemitenationalpark #woodworking #intarsia