Everything was cut by hand on scroll saw and hand carved for the characters. But they needed to be large enough to see. Obviously I’ve taken some liberties as they were much closer to the entrance when he carried Frodo (and Shelob was dead by then). But I decided to add Barad-Dur, Shelob, and the black gate, which changed the scale dramatically (and made it almost 6” thick, and 24” tall). My first design had much fewer layers, with the characters much larger. Ha! I always thought Samwise Gamgee was the real hero of the story and I decided a scene of him carrying Frodo into Mt. … I’m finally ready to call this piece done! It ended up taking me 2 months to complete, despite initially planning it to be simpler and quicker than my Han/Chewie/Millenium Falcon piece.
“I Can’t Carry It For You…” 3D Wooden light-up “Lord of the Rings” intarsia art, roughly based on the scene when Sam carries Frodo into Mt. Note: the build process was documented in many stories now highlighted on my Instagram profile. I’m pretty stoked to have this thing shining over our “lair” across from the Millenium Falcon! The eye is a walnut pupil embedded in multiple layers of watercolored resin. There are 4 LEDs running off three AA batteries, colored orange with acetate film. My wife her pyrography magic to burn the “One ring to rule them all…” inscription into the frame. I built this from crab apple, walnut, and cherry I milled up myself from reclaimed urban trees, as well as katalox (thanks spalted hackberry (thanks reclaimed mahogany, red oak, poplar, canarywood, and ebony, with a maple frame. But they needed to be large enough to see.Įverything was cut by hand on scroll saw and hand carved for the characters.
I always thought Samwise Gamgee was the real hero of the story and I decided a scene of him carrying Frodo into Mt.
I’m finally ready to call this piece done! It ended up taking me 2 months to complete, despite initially planning it to be simpler and quicker than my Han/Chewie/Millenium Falcon piece. 3D Wooden light-up “Lord of the Rings” intarsia art, roughly based on the scene when Sam carries Frodo into Mt.
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