The Phoenix has risen

[Bpardue]

This is my version of a Phoenix, my design for my use only. Woods are Aromatic Cedar, Paduck, Peruvian Walnut, Purple Heart, Popular, Peru Amarillo and a touch of aspen in the eye. The exposed back is Ambrosia maple. FYI this is the last piece of intarsia that I will be posting for awhile. I'm still around but need to build a few other things for our future 3rd grand baby coming in April. I post those pieces in "other woodworking" section.

 

 

[JimErn]

WOW!  that is stunning what a piece of art!

[Sycamore67]

Excellent workmanship...shaping on all the small thin pieces is outstanding as is the combination choices of wood.

[daveww1]

amazing workmanship, it's beautiful

[avenuewood]

That really is wonderful.

What skills you have!

[Scrolling Steve]

Wow !....Wonderful work !

[spirithorse]

Cool project from design to finished Phoenix.

Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[amazingkevin]

The kind of intarsia!!! I wonder how big these was?

[tgiro]

Beautiful job - both design and execution. Love the colors.

[Ron Johnson]

Totally AWESOME !!! Love the woods you've chosen Brian. 

[wombatie]

An amazing piece of art.

Marg

[Foxfold]

Fabulous !!!

[flarud]

WOW,, You win!

[meflick]

Ditto to all the words used above - excellent work as usual. Thanks for showing.

[Bpardue]

Thanks for all the nice comments 

Brian

[planeur]

WOW !

Incredible details and beauty!

Brian I have a few questions for the intarsia master, for me who have so much to learn in intarsia.

Is there a “back” behind all the small pieces, or they are glue together , before you put the Phoenix on the exposed back ?

Is there some sculpture work in the Phoenix?

I am curious about your sanding equipment , when sanding the very small pieces  because I am in the process of “ rounding” my pieces of my Great Heron !

Thank you

planeur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[namunolie]

wow awesome

tail details is   so natural 

I like the colors and waves 

[Bpardue]

On 9/17/2019 at 8:13 PM, planeur said:

WOW !

Incredible details and beauty!

Brian I have a few questions for the intarsia master, for me who have so much to learn in intarsia.

Is there a “back” behind all the small pieces, or they are glue together , before you put the Phoenix on the exposed back ?

Is there some sculpture work in the Phoenix?

I am curious about your sanding equipment , when sanding the very small pieces  because I am in the process of “ rounding” my pieces of my Great Heron !

Thank you

planeur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is not an additional back for the small pieces, everything was edge glued together than the exposed back was added.

Sculpture work?? there are parts of the tail, wings & head that were lowered by a 1/4". there were parts on the body that were raised by a 1/4" and 1/2". 

Far as sanding tools I use a horizontal flexible drum sander (a bench grinder with 2 conversion kits purchased from Judy Gale Roberts Studio) and a Foredum power carver. As well a some carving with a carving knife and hand sanding. 

You can go to the progress section and section for the raccoon heads. I did a complete string of how to do intarsia. It was step by step with detailed explanations. 

Hope this hepls

 

[planeur]

Thank you Brian It is exactly what I was looking for !

I began to read your description , and I understand now some of my questions.

I did not think about risers for somes pieces, good idea !

I am at the moment to put some 3D in my Great Heron , so perfect syncro!

Merci encore and I will try to put your experience in my intarsia.

 

planeur

 

 

[Wilson142]

Exceptional piece! I'm always struck by the amount of shaping and I'm assuming use of spacers etc. you use to achieve the depth of your work. Your work seems so lifelike and detailed. And your finish is spot on! Were you always so brave (for a lack of a better word) to push the limits on shaping? Many intarsia pieces I see are nearly flat with the edges basically rounded over. 

[Greg Slagle]

I wasn't sure I liked it at first...  But the more I look at it, the more I LOVE it...  I zoomed in on it and the beauty of it amazes me...  I like to think I know what I'm doing when I make intarsia projects but stuff like this makes me feel like a putz...  Not your fault, no worries... lol    I think it is the wood selection that gets me the most...  Well, maybe it's the precision cutting...  After another thought, it may be the uniformity of the sanding...  Ya know what, I'm just going to call it an overall AMAZING piece of art and leave it at that...  Now, let me go over here and sit in the corner and sulk about it for a while... lol

[Bpardue]

On 9/21/2019 at 8:43 AM, Wilson142 said:

Exceptional piece! I'm always struck by the amount of shaping and I'm assuming use of spacers etc. you use to achieve the depth of your work. Your work seems so lifelike and detailed. And your finish is spot on! Were you always so brave (for a lack of a better word) to push the limits on shaping? Many intarsia pieces I see are nearly flat with the edges basically rounded over. 

Believe it or Not there not a lot of Risers added to this piece. Just a couple. The big difference in my pieces and other pieces out there is a lot of folks start out with 3/4" thick material. I start out with a full 1" thick material. I raise and lower the piece for depth by 1/4" either up or down. I found out early on that if you start out with 1" material you gain a greater overall depth to the piece. Depth on this piece ranges from 3/4" on some of the tail parts & outer tips of the wings to 1 1/2" which is the "black" strip from the head to the purple diamond on the right side of the body.

I never start shaping until everything is cut & raised or lowered for depth. When I start shaping I start with the thinnest part first than move up to the next layer.