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General Category => Intarsia => Topic started by: Claymore on December 03, 2015, 01:30:00 pm

Title: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: Claymore on December 03, 2015, 01:30:00 pm

Hi,
Here's what's been keeping me busy this week, a 100% Corian British Bulldog  (actually 100% if you ignore the 3mm plywood backboard)
I have been collecting Corian for a while now and had the colours that suited the dog so gave it a go  :)  it measures approx 9" x 9" x 1/2" and everything is Corian no paint..... the toenails are also solid Corian and measure around 2-3mm x 4mm and as they were too small to hold in my molegrips to saw them I engraved the toenail shape into the Corian toes keeping the outline as clear as possible and then glued a tiny piece of corian into the hole..... I then sanded it down flush with the surrounding toe.... fiddly to do but worth the effort in the end.
Corian is probably harder to match up than wood as the cuts have to be 100% square for them to line up ok but its doable if you have plenty of patience.
I will continue to do more Corian work and also combinations or wood and Corian and maybe even Pewter (have a few ideas in the pipeline) and also glass will definitely be included next year in one of my large pieces for the shows.
There's always something to do with ya scroll saw and I love experimenting.
Hope ya like him
Cheers
Brian
Ps as usual I took this photo with my pocket camera but will take a better one  so i can improve the lighting etc.

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: KarlB on December 03, 2015, 06:37:29 pm

Well done!  I bet it was fun working with the Corian.

Karl

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: Brian Pardue on December 04, 2015, 08:22:31 am

Brian,
the bulldog turned out very very nice. still looking for scrap Corian to give Corian a try

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: DWSudekum on December 04, 2015, 12:05:49 pm

Excellently done Brian.  Thanks for sharing this idea and your art with us.


DW

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: crusty59 on December 04, 2015, 01:12:51 pm

Thats fantastic! I tried cutting corion, it was hard for me. I have a bunch of it though

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: wombatie on December 14, 2015, 12:42:57 am

Brian you certainly nailed this piece.  the Corian worked perfectly.

Marg

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: woodworker on December 23, 2015, 05:00:33 am

you do some beautiful work,a true craftsman, dave---ex Dumfries,now in australia

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: Claymore on December 30, 2015, 02:15:45 pm

Cheers everyone!  I like using the Corian and have done a couple more (will post images later)
Dave you will be thankful your not in Dumfries at the moment!  its under water as we speak along with loads more places thanks to storms (Newton Stewart has 4ft of water flowing down the main street!)
We live on top of a hill overlooking Wigtown Bay so we do get damage from gales but no chance of flooding)
Cheers
Brian

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: Hawkdave on December 30, 2015, 05:19:32 pm

Great job Brian. Is it a picture of your dog?

Dave

Title: Re: Corian British Bulldog
Post by: Claymore on December 31, 2015, 04:29:45 am

Cheers Dave,  no its not my dog..... I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Hamish, quite a bit different to the Bulldog lol

Brian