The fence art of Jane Hart: beautiful cutouts - Fresh Dirt ...

By Jim McCausland, Sunset MagazinePhotographs by David Meyer It all started three years ago: One of Jane Hartâ?Ts neighbors had some old fence wood she didnâ?Tt need, and another had a scroll saw she was willing to loan out. Jane put the two together and launched a new phase in her Portland, OR, garden art business. Since then sheâ?Ts designed fences, gates, arbors, sitting areas, potting sheds, even wing walls to hide compost bins. With her husband David Meyer doing the construction, Jane can see the whole process through in a way her clients love. â?oMy mother was a scavenger,â? says Jane, â?oway before the Rebuilding Center opened in Portland. She did cutouts on our house, on railings, even under the bannister. Big Tits You see the same thing on old houses all over Portland.â? The idea stuck in Janeâ?Ts mind, and she ran with it. When a client hires her, she starts by spending time with them. â?oItâ?Ts fun to go to peopleâ?Ts houses and see their influences,â? she says. â?othen I do the design. In fact, itâ?Ts so fun that I obsess over it. Somebody wants a drawing, I make 20. Itâ?Ts hard to stop!â?She does cutouts to fit just about any space. â?oI can do a whole fence, or just make one section more interesting.â? And though she started out using old fence wood, sheâ?Ts willing to work with new wood as well. â?oBut everybody likes old wood. In three years, Iâ?Tve only done one job with new wood.â?You can reach Hart through her web site, Jane Hart Design.