Jim Gale
	Jim Hall
	Peter Perkins
	Barry Thomas

 

Jim Gale
	Jim Gale lives in Midhurst West Sussex England. I have been fretworking for many years now and originally worked with a treddle saw but now use a scroll saw adapted to take fretsaw blades. I have attached some pictures of house signs I produce but also carry out more intricate work as well such as the clock (The Pomeroy) that is attached as well it's cut from 3/16 Walnut and the design comes from Advanced Scroll Saw Clocks by John A Nelson The two house signs were designed and cut by myself. Well Cottage is cut from 3mm Birch Ply, the letters then epoxied to perana pine stained and then the surrounding timber epoxied onto the backing and around the letters. The sign is unvarnished in the picture. The Old Rectory is on a backing of 1/2" Marine Ply and the letters and motifs cut from 3mm Birch ply. the letters and motifs then epoxied to the backing, the whole painted white and then the letters picked out in black. You can reach Jim if you have questions about his work here.
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Jim Hall
Pattern of Prime Minister Tony Blair by Jim Hall	My name is Jim Hall and was born in Scotland in 1937. I am now retired and live in Essex in England with my wife Margaret. We have two sons, both in their 30's, the eldest is a graphic artist and lives in Wales, the youngest lives in Scotland and is an engineer, but his passion is woodworking and is well into turning, scrollsawing, intarsia etc. He lives with his wife Diane and two children, a boy and a girl. What could be better than having a grandson and a granddaughter. My working career was spent as a medical laboratory scientist in various hospitals and universities in the UK and also eight years in Kuwait. I also did a nine year spell in the British army medical corps and saw active service in Malaya in the 50's and 60's. I was introduced to scrollsawing, or fretsawing as we tend to call it in the UK, by my Father on his treadle fretsaw when I was a young lad and have kept my interest in it off and on when I could. I still have his treadle saw which is still in good working condition. Over the last four years I have been practicing the scrollsaw craft more seriously. I don't specialize in any particular area, but enjoy the interior fretsawing on thin woods as much as cutting in thick woods. I have included in the accompanying pictures some of the range of work I enjoy doing and you can see more of my work on my web site. There is very little in the way of support and suppliers here in the UK for the hobby and I have to look to the States for innovative designs, magazines etc. I tend to purchase patterns and books from all the well known Companies in the States, in particular Judy Gale Roberts, Dirk Boelman, Patrick Spielman and Jim Sweet, I am also fascinated with the designs by Diana Thompson. I subscribe to SAW, The Berry Basket Pattern Club and the Scrollsaw Workshop magazine. I have had an article published by the magazine on signs of the Zodiac and am in the process of putting together another article. You can see more of Jim's work at his web site.
Pattern by Dirk Boelman	Pattern from Hobbies	Design by Jim Hall
	Pattern by Dan & Ray Wilkins
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Barry Thomas
	Prior to Christmas 1998 I hadn't made anything apart from putting up a few shelves etc.   After dropping some HEAVY hints I received a scrollsaw for Christmas and started making signs and small wooden toys.  Since then my interests and skills in woodwork have increased.  Most of the scrollsawing I produce is from the wonderfully humorous Winfield Collection or from Patrick Spielman.   I enjoy scrollsawing but also enjoy making wooden toys and small pieces of furniture using a variety of other tools.  I'd have a go at most plans but they MUST be fun and enjoyable to make.   You can see more of Barry's work and see some wonderful counted cross stitch done by Nibs at his web site.

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