Girl Pirate

[woodduck]

This is my latest, this one has 65 pieces & is approx 12 " in height, I did the painting of this one by my new airbrush & think it gave a lot better finish,used my normal acrylic paints but thinned it down with a DIY Reducer for the airbrush.Hope you like it.

    Cheers Peter.

[amazingkevin]

I'm so glad you showed everyone the complexity of intricate intarsia workings! Fabulous array of pristine pieces laid out in jigsaw puzzle form.We have no idea as to the time and effort involved to do intarsia like this tedious one.Each step of the process from pattern to cut to bevel to fit to sand to stain or to paint to keeping track which side is up all thru the enormous task putting it all back together many many times .Checking for tolerances, details, look etc.The fun begins with the first piece.Don't let me scare you away from trying intarsia.It's very rewarding and boost's your ego ten times with such an accomplishment you will never forget.The best part is even if it doesn't sell you get to admire it on the wall till it does.I figure that $5 dollars a piece is a lowball price to charge for this kind of work.Looks like you have about 60 or so pieces times 5 = $300.00 bucks.It's well worth the price great job o it peter,Your a master intarsist indeed!

[Phantom Scroller]

Amazing work. I would just lose all the parts before I started assembling it.   Roly

[Rob Roy]

Amazing work. I would just lose all the parts before I started assembling it.   Roly

Roly, I would lose the PLOT before I got that far, but I must admit it is a beautiful piece of work by Peter. I was  fed up yesterday so went out to the shop, (wife was out), decided  to try spiral blades, BIG mistake, nicked my finger,the tiniest cut you've ever seen.

BLED for four hours. Think I emptied my arm. Outcome was, yes you guessed, THE DOG HOUSE, and the biggest bawling out since I was FIVE.         .

Rob Roy. 

Edited June 21, 2014 by Rob Roy

[Phantom Scroller]

Roly, I would lose the PLOT before I got that far, but I must admit it is a beautiful piece of work by Peter. I was  fed up yesterday so went out to the shop, (wife was out), decided  to try spiral blades, BIG mistake, nicked my finger,the tiniest cut you've ever seen.

BLED for four hours. Think I emptied my arm. Outcome was, yes you guessed, THE DOG HOUSE, and the biggest bawling out since I was FIVE.         .

Rob Roy. 

Do you never learn Rob. You will have to be more careful.    

I agree it's a beautiful piece by Peter but then everyone I've seen by him so far has been amazing. Roly 

[wombatie]

Peter that is another amazing piece. You have such patience and the colors you choose are spot on. Great work Peter.

 

Marg

[woodduck]

Amazing work. I would just lose all the parts before I started assembling it.   Roly

Thankyou for the kind words everyone,they certainly take a bit of time & effort,but I suppose I would not do them if they were easy. My workshop is in a mainly open carport & I have to cover the pieces up so that the wind does not blow them away,but its all fun.

      Cheers Peter

[bobscroll]

Peter very nice job you've done on the project! Thanks

for showing us, Bob     

[Fish]

Wow! You have patience. Nice work.

[multitom]

Peter, very neat project. Beautifully done.

[aubec]

Wow that is an amazing piece of work.

[heppnerguy]

Always like your things. They always bring a smile to my face. 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Wilson's Woodworking]

That one is really cute!!! But of course all of your projects turn out really cute so it should fit right in.

Great job as usual!   :thumbs:    

[vykus]

My daughter would love one of these, she is really into pirates right now. Great job. 

[Ron Johnson]

Fabulous Peter, and a truly fine piece of art. Love the soft colours you've chosen.

[LarryEA]

To use Kevins words, You are a master intarsist indeed! 

You also are very good at painting your work.

[jellis]

Well I guess I won't be trying that any time soon. I would keep losing the pieces and then I would just through what was left away.

Joe

[heppnerguy]

This is my latest, this one has 65 pieces & is approx 12 " in height, I did the painting of this one by my new airbrush & think it gave a lot better finish,used my normal acrylic paints but thinned it down with a DIY Reducer for the airbrush.Hope you like it.

    Cheers Peter.Girl Pirate.jpgGirl Pirate Bits.jpg

            I have been considering an air brush, but I have never used one. Do you think an untalented old dude like me could pick up on 'how to airbrush' without too much effort, or does it require quite a bit of practice?  do you have any suggestions you can give me on what to look for when purchasing an air brush? Does one need to purchase a really good one to be happy with it ? Thanks for whatever hints you pass along to me, in advance

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[woodduck]

            I have been considering an air brush, but I have never used one. Do you think an untalented old dude like me could pick up on 'how to airbrush' without too much effort, or does it require quite a bit of practice?  do you have any suggestions you can give me on what to look for when purchasing an air brush? Does one need to purchase a really good one to be happy with it ? Thanks for whatever hints you pass along to me, in advance

 

Dick

heppnerguy

Dick the airbrush I purchased only cost me $80 which also included the small compressor & has a brand name of "Vogue-Air". For what I do,the painting of all my small pieces it is perfect.You can buy the ready made paints for airbrushes or as I do use acrylic paints thinned down with a homemade reducer so it goes through the gun easily,the formula I use is as follows,12oz Distilled Water, 4oz Denatured alcohol (metho), 4oz ammonia free window cleaner &10 drops Glycerin.I have never used an airbrush before& like you am an old dude so sure an old dude of your capabilities would handle it.

[heppnerguy]

   Thank you for your reply.  I just might by one. Can you tell me where you found it ?

[woodduck]

   Thank you for your reply.  I just might by one. Can you tell me where you found it ?

   Dick I got mine off "Deals Direct" which is an online Australian store, You might be able to find something similar on a U.S. site

         Cheers Peter.

[LarryEA]

I can do 'anything' even airbrush... just don't have time for everything.

[Ken O]

Good job! Looks great! The first picture is when she is ready to go into a fight and the second is after getting hit by a cannon ball? Girl Pirate bits! Har har!

[Multifasited]

Beautifully done ,double segmentation ,I would be very interested as to the diy thinner formula ,Is this your own ,and how you arrived at it ! I have always used distilled water 2/3 and flow-trol 1/3 !  and how many coats to achieve that finnish ? Also what kind of wood you used ? Did you seal,the wood first ,and clear coat after ? As you can see your piece impressed me very much ,hope you don't mind asking all these questions ,Carl 

[woodduck]

Beautifully done ,double segmentation ,I would be very interested as to the diy thinner formula ,Is this your own ,and how you arrived at it ! I have always used distilled water 2/3 and flow-trol 1/3 !  and how many coats to achieve that finnish ? Also what kind of wood you used ? Did you seal,the wood first ,and clear coat after ? As you can see your piece impressed me very much ,hope you don't mind asking all these questions

Good to hear from you Carl,I found the formula on the internet somewhere,took me a while to work out that denatured alcohol is what we call methylated spirits,I apply one coat of water based undercoat followed by 2 finishing coats all applied by airbrush giving if needed a light sand with 800 grade wet & dry paper in between coats I then apply a coat of gloss oil based varnish mixed with some penatrol (not sure if you can get penatrol over there) All the pieces are finished first then glued together. the timber I use is Radiata pine 20 mm thick (3/4 '') & cut with a No 3 blade. Hope all this helps you,seems to work for me.

                         Cheers Peter