Snow Leopard

[Bpardue]

Finished the Snow Leopard from Kathy Wise's Pattern group over the Christmas Holidays

 

[daveww1]

beautiful job

[meflick]

Beautiful as always Brian. Question on his spots, are they done as all other typical pieces of intarsia, meaning cut as separate pieces and fitted and shaped or or they done as more like “inlay”? I asked because someone else implied elsewhere that she might do “spots” like these as “inlay” and I have never seen someone do intarsia thst way. Thanks.

[amazingkevin]

You are a thinking man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wombatie]

Beautiful kitty.  Excellent work as always Brian.

Marg

[Tomanydogs]

Beautiful!!! I love seeing your pieces. Thank you. 

[Bpardue]

12 hours ago, meflick said:

Beautiful as always Brian. Question on his spots, are they done as all other typical pieces of intarsia, meaning cut as separate pieces and fitted and shaped or or they done as more like “inlay”? I asked because someone else implied elsewhere that she might do “spots” like these as “inlay” and I have never seen someone do intarsia thst way. Thanks.

The spots are typical intarsia. I use 4/4 thick wood and at that thickness I don’t see any way to no a typical inlay with angled cuts. These spots were done by cutting on the line on one piece and leaving the line on the other than fitted one at a time. 

Brian

[meflick]

Thank you Brian for answering my question. Good to know thst they are done the same typical intarsia way by cutting and shaping each piece and fitting. I was pretty sure that was it. I think some people have trouble believing anyone can get that tight of fit on those spots without it being inlay so assume it must be inlaid. To me, that is a sign of a hgreat intarsia work, and something I still strive to learn to do better.

[Fran L]

Fantastic job Brian- I love Intarsia projects like this. Melanie made a great point on how involved doing those spots would be--not a flaw in any of them. If I may ask- How did you get the white done so well. I want to do one of a Tuxedo Cat like we have and he has very white breast and paws?

[Bpardue]

On 1/4/2019 at 8:23 PM, Fran L said:

Fantastic job Brian- I love Intarsia projects like this. Melanie made a great point on how involved doing those spots would be--not a flaw in any of them. If I may ask- How did you get the white done so well. I want to do one of a Tuxedo Cat like we have and he has very white breast and paws?

I had a very bad joint where the aspen meets the bass wood so I ended up using a white was on the aspen 

[Bpardue]

Thanks for all the great comments but I will let everyone know a secret about the “seamless” joints related to the spots. Body parts when cutting I split or take the line. When cutting the spots I leave the line. I fit each spot 1 at a time and do whatever sanding I need to get them to fit. Once the piece is shaped any minor gaps around the spots are taken care of by running medium AC glue over the joint and working the sawdust of the darker wood into the joint. Resand the piece to remove the dried CA glue and sawdust. The joint looks seamless 

Brian

[meflick]

Thanks for sharing your secrets Brian. 

[Greg Slagle]

Wow! Beautiful job... I may be jealous of your skills... Yeah, I guess I am...