FrankEV

Very well done. How do you paint? Looks too smooth for a brush especially on cheap ply. Is the black limes following the joints?

Just posted my Belem Lighthouse in Intarsia/segmentation area.

When time permits, I'll do some sample testing on various pieces of wood. The Ebonizing solution we use works well on Walnut to get a good solid black, but on pine, it just turns it a muddey brown. Out solutions need to have tannens added to work better on woods that hane low tannen properties. I can see a use for this on wood pieces cut for Intarsia that requires a Grey color as it does not hide the wood grain.

I needed some weathered wood (like what you see on beach houses or old barn wood) for an Intarsia project, but could not find anything locally, and did not want to spend big bucks to order on line. Doning some research I came across this "Varathane Weathered Wood Accelerator" product and decided to give it a try on some cheap (but their premium grade) cedar fence slats from Lowes. It Works Great. $14 on Amazon. It is supposed to work on any wood. I suspect it is nothing more than a more sofistcated version of and ebonizing solution that a lot of us make and use. My homemade solution did not work as well on the Cedar. Spread it on, let it dry for an hour or so and it does its magic. A good solution for making rustic frames, or like I'm doing, making a Plaque style Backer for an Intarsia piece. Hope some may find this info useful.

All wood will darkening over time if exposed to sun light. With good solid finish materials like Poly, Lacquer and Acrylic darkening will not occur for a long time. Finishes with UV protection can retard darkening even more.

My 9” x 10 3/4 “pattern inspired by an Artist rendition of a Baltimore Oriole. Wood used: Aspen, Black Limba, Blue Pine, Osage Orange, Poplar, Sapele, Yellowheart, Walnut, and Wenge mounted on a 1/8” thick BB ply backer. Finished with multiple coats of spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. Comments and critiques always welcome. I will post the pattern in Pattern Exchange.

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I created this two layer Intarsia pattern with just a little help. The actual Dragonfly design was shared with me by Dave Monk who made the original as an inlay for a box top. Thanks Dave. Wood used: 1. For dragon fly - Aspen with application of Masters Pickling White and Roasted Flame Birch, 2. For the background scene panel- Black Limba, Blue Pine with an acrylic paint wash, Poplar, and Sapele, and 3. For the Frame: Ebonized Walnut. Note: The apparent simplicity of this piece is quite misleading as the actual assembly proved to be quite difficult. Comments and critiques allways welcome. I will post the pattern in Pattern Exchange.

You need to be a little more specific. What kink fo lamp do you want to make? I have made a couple of Night light type lamps a while ago that I have shared the patterns for in Pattern Exchange. Here are pics of some. If this the type of lamp you want to make and you can't find my posting, I can send you the pattern any of these in a PM.

Three full days in the shop and I was able to complet the Kevin Gagnon pattern for April/May PAM. I mounted this 11’ x 6” piece onto a 1/8” thick extended backer with frame. Wood used: Bloodwood, Blue Pine, Western Red Cedar, Poplar, Wenge, Orangeheart, and Maple Plywood for the backer with Basswood Frame. A dot of white paint was used for the bright spot in the eye. And JFYI, the Legs and pink claws are Blue Pine. Assembly protected with multiple coats of spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish.

Found it in one of the online exotic wood websites. Not sure which at the moment, will have to go back to my files. I'm not positive the Orangeheart is not the actually the same as Osage Orange. However, the piece I bought is quite a bit brighter Orange than the piece of Osage Orange I originally purchased. May be just the board, not sure.

This piece was completed just a few days before we left for our trip. I did not have the time to do a write up and post it. So here it is. I adapted a free Stained Glass Pattern into an 8 1/2” diameter pattern for Intarsia. The original art is by Leslie Gibbs. My pattern includes an optional Octagon Frame that results in an overall all 10 1/4” x 10 1/4” piece. Wood used: Aspen, Basswood, Poplar, Orange Osage (Orangeheart would have been a better choise), Wenge and Granadillo for the Frame. I applied an Acrylic Aqua Blue paint-wash with an air brush to the Basswood for the water and used rattle can spray Clear Gloss Acrylic for the Finish. Comments and critiques are always welcome. I'll post the patttern in PATTERN EXCHANGE.

Such a short journey. Only ten years to become a master craftsmam, which you are in every way. Your work is truly of master quality

Very nice work! Love the wood. But will it hold water?

Here is a Cardinal - I know it is a popular Intarsia subject - I made from a 39-piece pattern I adapted from an image of a SG piece. The Cardinal and Flowers is approximately 8 ½” x 8 ½”, surface mounted on a 9 ½” diameter solid wood plaque style backer. Wood used: Aspen, Bloodwood, Poplar, Wenge, Mahogany, Yellowheart, and Sycamore for the plaque backer. The eye is a dot of white paint. The assembly is protected by multiple coats of rattle can spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. The following JFYI. I happen to be fortunate to find a couple of Poplar nom 1"x8"x8' boards at my local Lowes that had a lot of, the hard to find, dark green color heartwood. I purchased them and added them to my wood stock, so I did not need to enhance the leaf color with dye or paint. I attempted to add some sculpturing effect to the flowers and it resulted in some visable color variations after applying the finish that I had not planned on, but my Lady says looks good. She says they look like real Dogwood Flowers. The Bloodwood, like Padauk, makes very fine dust that sticks to and stains other wood, however, it is not quite as deep dark as Padauk and it has slightly more color variations that was needed for this piece. The photo makes the red look darker then is is in real life. Comments and critiques are always welcome. This will be my last new project post for about 8 weeks. Please check out my post in Coffee House. EDIT: Pattern posted in Pattern Exchange

Thank you for the nice comments. Also, thank you for your 'Critique' as you often do. I really do appreciate when a viewer/reader responds with some "real" things to say...good or bad. Your interpretation only lacked a relevent comment on her embbarressing situation.

I received a commission from my son-in-law’s sister for me to make her a piece of Intarsia as birthday gift for her husband who likes Beachy scenes, and more so, one that includes a Lighthouse. I happen to have a pattern, that was shared by Allen Barr on FB, of a slightly abstract version of a Lighthouse which she felt would be perfect. This is my interpretation of Allens Pattern. I first needed to convert his PDF of a paper print into a digital file so I could reduce his 15” diameter size and print out the pattern on one piece of 13”x 19” (Super B) paper. The final piece, including frame, is a nominal 12 ½” diameter. Wood used: Aspen, Basswood, Black Limba, Blue Pine, Monkeypod, Padauk, Spalted Maple,Wenge, Yellowheart, and Quarter Sawn White Oak for the Frame. Finish is multiple coats of rattle can spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. Comments and critiques are allways welcome.

Thank you, that is what the Intarsia medium is! The use of various natural different color wood, combined with SS cutting, sanding, shaping/sculpturing, gluing and finishing, to form Art pieces.

Ok, this is not for the FB February/March PAM, but it is an Umbrella Girl anyhow. I found this slightly risk-kay, un-titled, different, Stain Glass pattern that I’m calling ‘Umbrella Girl Embarrassing Moment’. I adapted the Stain Glass pattern for Intarsia, creating a nominal 11” x 16” pattern which includes the fixed frame. Wood used: Aspen, Alder, Blue Pine, Orange Osage, Poplar, Roasted Birch, Sapele, and Walnut (Frame). My supply of Blue Pine is not Blue at all, but it’s areas of near Whites, Pinks and Grays made a decent sky while I found a fairly Geen piece of Poplar for the water. The wood used for the beach has a defect and the white Aspen for the lower part of the dress has dark areas, enhanced by the finish, that were not removable by sanding. Both, much more noticeable in the photo than when viewed hanging on the wall. Finish is multiple coats of rattle can Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques are allways welcome.

Well done. How is it standing?

It is easier than you think. Just remember it is very addictive.

The FB February/March PAM is a series of eight Umbrella Girl patterns provided by Bob Beaupre. Entries can be one or more of the eight. You can find many finished versions Umbrella Girl Intarsia on Pinterest and I happen to run across a version of Number 7 by a Mehmet Biçer. Although the subject is not particularly interesting to me, after seeing Mehmet’s version I decided I would make only one and I also chose to do number 7. I used the photo his as guide for my presentation. I resized the patten slightly to fit a 9 3/4” x 11 3/4’ oval. Wood I used: Aspen, Basswood, Blue Pine (5/8” thick for Oval), Cherry, Mahogany, Purpleheart, Wenge, and Yellowheart. The project was an easy cut but cutting the hat gave me fits (pun intended) during fit-up. That damn hard Purpleheart…you get my drift! The finish is multiple coats of rattle can spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. This is the image of the biece by Mehmet. Comments and critiques are always welcome.

Try again. I was editing!

Not that easy with the assembly glued in place. Air brush work is dificult to repair in this kind of situation. See revised Post. I think it looks better.

Yes but it was my background coloring that put the sun underwater. EDIT: See revised Post