My dad is a coin dealer. Â He has a good friend in Canada who he's been doing business with for a while. Â He asked me to make another Canadian flag to present to him as a gift. Â
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The process for making a Canadian flag is pretty straightforward. Â I transfer the maple leaf onto the center piece of the wood (maple, of course) using a chisel. Â I then carve out the interior of the maple using a combination of bench and carving chisels.
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The pieces are burned individually before they are stained. Â This darkens the stain, but also gives it a lot of texture and depth. Â

I then stain each piece individually. Â While staining the leaf, there's usually some bleed over into the raised non-leaf area. Â Also, you can see that the torch isn't the most precise instrument. Â After staining, I sand the high spots (the non-leaf part) with a random orbital sander to clean everything up. Â I use a similar technique on the stars of the union of the American flag.
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Here's what it looks like when it's done.

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