"My Heart" This portrait is scroll sawn into a panel of curly maple and glued onto a cherry board. Spray lacquer finish.
This is the picture that inspired the project. I noticed that the two heads and my son's arm formed a near perfect heart shape.
I searched YouTube and found a multi-video series on how to turn a photo into a scroll saw pattern and this is the result. I used a combination of the GIMP and Inkscape software programs, both of which are free.
After a lot of the cuts were made, I couldn't resist pulling some of the pattern away to see how well it was turning out. Comparing this to the final result, you'll notice some of the design did not make the "final cut". Some of the smaller cuts on the other edge broke on me. I ultimately decided I didn't need them.