Yenibosna Primary SchoolYenibosna Primary School

“Plywood, Scrollwork/Fretwork and Wood Painting”

Hand Craft Productions by Using Wood

January, 2011Istanbul - TURKEY

RequiredRequired Materials: Materials:Plywood,Designs and Figures,Carbon Paper,Fret saw,Pencil,Wood paints,Paint BrushStrong GlueEmery Paper

STEP 1STEP 1- - Putting The Carbon Paper Putting The Carbon Paper and Figure/Design on Plywoodand Figure/Design on Plywood To make it, first of all,

you should take the plywood and put carbon paper on it, but you need to be carefull about that the carbon paper shouldn’t movie while you are drawing the figure or design on plywood, so you can use a friction tape to solve this problem… (As you seen on the photo…)

As you seen on photo, you should As you seen on photo, you should put the figure /design on carbon paper by using put the figure /design on carbon paper by using a friction tape to keep stable the paper, before a friction tape to keep stable the paper, before drawing the figure on plywood…You can draw drawing the figure on plywood…You can draw geometrical shapes, flowers, asymmetrical geometrical shapes, flowers, asymmetrical shapes or what you want to draw…shapes or what you want to draw…

STEP 2 STEP 2 – – Drawing The Figure/Design on Drawing The Figure/Design on The PlywoodThe Plywood

And then, you should follow the figure’s line And then, you should follow the figure’s line to transfer same apperience on plywood by using to transfer same apperience on plywood by using carbon paper and pencil…Just take a view that carbon paper and pencil…Just take a view that photo …!photo …!

You can draw what you want to draw on You can draw what you want to draw on plywood… it depends on your creativity plywood… it depends on your creativity The The figure which below is for a napkin holder…As figure which below is for a napkin holder…As you seen, the same figure has transferred on you seen, the same figure has transferred on plywood, so it s ready to be cut by fret saw…!plywood, so it s ready to be cut by fret saw…!

STEPSTEP 3 3 – – Cutting the Plywood by Cutting the Plywood by Using FretsawUsing Fretsaw

To cut the To cut the plywood firstly, plywood firstly, you should put you should put the blade of it the blade of it tightly…tightly…

And then, you can And then, you can begin to cut the plywood begin to cut the plywood by following the line’s of by following the line’s of design… However, you design… However, you should be carefull while should be carefull while you are cutting it, you are cutting it, because it is so thin and because it is so thin and you can break it easily..!you can break it easily..!

STEP 4 STEP 4 – – Sanding The Cutted Sanding The Cutted Design Design

STEP 5 STEP 5 – – Painting The Sanded Painting The Sanded DesignDesign by Using Wood Paints by Using Wood Paints

As you seen, after sanding and As you seen, after sanding and painting process, the plywood design’s painting process, the plywood design’s result apperience is really elegant style…result apperience is really elegant style…

STEP 6STEP 6 – – Glueing / Pasting The Glueing / Pasting The Design TogetherDesign Together

Now you can put some napkin in Now you can put some napkin in it…And your napkin holder is ready it…And your napkin holder is ready and waits you to use it and waits you to use it

Other designs, figures or Other designs, figures or materials…materials…

A rocking chair and table A rocking chair and table figures…figures…

Bread Box Designs 1 Bread Box Bread Box Designs 1 Bread Box Design 2Design 2

Another Napkin Holder Design Accessories Another Napkin Holder Design Accessories Box DesignBox Design

You can put a mirror middle You can put a mirror middle part of the design(Mirror part of the design(Mirror Frame Design)Frame Design)

Newspaper Rack Newspaper Rack DesignDesign

Puncishion Puncishion DesignDesign

Horse - Drawn Vehicle Horse - Drawn Vehicle DesignDesign

Keyholder Keyholder DesignDesign

Candlestick Candlestick DesignDesign

What is the link between fretworks with What is the link between fretworks with our comenius project???our comenius project???

These all fretworks are to teach and to control our pupil’s “eye-hand coordinations” and “to impress their insight materials ” …. The idea that the link of fretworks and our project them is; if the pupils can learn the people who use what kind of wood materials in their daily life and if we teach wood cutting techniques at their education process to pupils, by this way they can use these techniques at their working life…If they produce these wood productions which are table napkin, bread box, candlestick, key holder etc…they can sell them who wants to buy…They can sell these wood productions and earn money, money and money

THE END!!!