FrankEV

A line (rope) would work, but I just used the original art to create the pattern. As I discuss in my reply to Barb, the reflection would be more definitive if the color was a litlle lighter (more greenish/whitish) to blend with the water. BTW, photos lie...there are way too many gaps. You just don't see them from fifty yards as you ride by on a galloping horse! As I was warned, Intarsia is additive, so beware!

After completed and finished, the reflection just seemed too dark...my lady's comment to which I agreed. In the original painting it is, of course, more blended with the water. The Black Limba I used for the wate worked well as it actually has a slight greenish overtone so I might think of something like Poplar or as I was originally considering White Oak that has some yellowish/tanish overtone. The white of the boat would reflect a more light color. If you decide to make it I wll be looking forward to seeeing your interpretation.

A bunch. Of course small detail work is done using a Dremel with a wand and various sanding and shaping bits. For heavy flat work, I use my bench top belt/disk sander a lot. For sanding ans shaping I use my portable Wen Osilating Spindle sander that is bench mounted and I also have a Gunevere motor mounted on the bench with drill type chucks both ends. The rigt side has a wand that uses 1/4" shank rasps, gouges, burrs and many different sanding bits. I mount various 1/4" shank drum sanders of the left side. The Dremel tool, Wen spindle sander, and the belt sander are each operated by their own separate foot switch. Since the Quenevere is the least used, I still use the motor mounted on/off switch. I have vacumn inlets at each sanding point but a lot of sanding dust stills flys all over. I use a resperator when sanding. Since my shop is so small, I cannot have a nice sit down station. With this arrangement I need to stand a lot, but I manage. Here is a Pic of my setup. Hope this helps.

I utilized a downloaded non-copyrighted image from Susan Kinsella’s Art website, entitled “Under the Passing Clouds”, to create a nominal 10.5x16.5-inch Intarsia pattern. I set my interpretation into an oval frame and chose to make the sky red-toned in lieu of stormy dark blue/grey as in the original image. Wood used: Basswood, Black Limba, Canarywood, Cherry, Red Oak, Roasted Flame Birch, Walnut, Wenge and Yellowheart. I feel my choice of the medium dark wood I used for the boat reflection was a little too dark. Backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply. The assembled panel was finished with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques are always welcome.

Very nicely done. Clean cutting and the frame miters ar just about as perfect as possible.

Great job and the live edge wood is perfect. Yes good enough to sell, but before you do I have two, IMHO, important asuggestions. 1. You need to clean up a areas where fuzzies are very noticable. This may be most apparent in the photo, but if someone is thinking of buying and does a close inspection, this might be a reason not to buy it. 2, And to me more importantly, unless it is intended to be a wall hanging, your piece needs to have a base. I know it is thick wood and can stand on it own like pictured, but if it falls over it will most likely break. I'm sure you know that solid wood is much more susceptible to breaking on impact than Plywood and that piece is very fragile in the scroll work areas. A buyer will not be happy if that happens and it would reflect on you, the artist. A base would connect the two solid sides together and not rely on the scroll work to hold them from breaking apart.

My Barbers (a Father/Son operation) are big time gun enthusiasts who, after seeing some of my work, ask me if I could make something to hang in their shop…the walls of which, are filled with all kinds of signs, pictures, and the like. All things about Hunting, Guns, and Motorcycles plus Police Patches, lots of Pin-ups and much more. To get a feel of what kind of things are on their wall, one of the signs reads “Notice! Ammunition is getting too expensive, so there will be no warning shots. I found an image online that met with what I was asked to make. I created this 9 x 12 inch ‘Gun-In-Hand’ pattern for an Intarsia like painted Segmental piece. The pattern was cut from one piece of 10-inch wide, nominal 3/4" thick, premium pine. I painted the individual pieces with Acrylic Air Brush Paints. After Painting, the pieces were glued onto a 1/8-inch-thick BB Ply backer. The completed assembly was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques always welcome Edit: I am not posting the pattern in the Pattern Exchange as I normally do, because it not for all. However, I will gladly share it with anyone who might like to have it. Juat message me. It is a good project for anyone wanting to practice their Air Brush skills.

Wanting to add to my collection of Nautical themed Intarsia pieces, I purchased this Steve Bundred Dolphin Family Pattern from his Website https://fantasticwoodworking.com. Very detailed pattern filled with lots of instructions but also filled with many errors. I followed the pattern but not all the instructions, and that was a mistake. His suggestions were there for a reason, and I only realized that after it was completed. My finished piece is not quite what it could/should have been. My wood choices: Basswood, Sapele, Black Limba and Monkey Pod. Sharpie Black eyes. Backer is 1/8” BB ply with edges painted Black. Protected with multiple coats of Clear Satin Acrylic Finish Spray. Comments and critiques allways welcome.

To encircle our 7' fake, kinda narrow cone shape, tree I use two lengths (6' each) of sllver tincle type Garland tied together. The 12 feet just makes it around 5 times. I suspect, with the rigid sections of a scrolled Garland, and based on the typical size tree you put up, the length needed will to be longer than the 12' I use.

Pattern Christmas Bells by Steeve Good. Four inch diameter. Wood" 1/8" Maple, 1/8" & 1/4" Walnut, and 3/8" Padauk. I laser etched the year.. Made as givaways at a Christmas get together I host with Neaigbors about a week before Christmas. Edit: I got talked into, by my Lady, into making a few more. After seeing how the first batch came out, I decided they needed a little brighter color. so I made the bells out of Yellowheart. Much better IMHO.

Yes quite noticable in pic, not so much on wall. The grain in Aspen is almost invisible (like the Hat which is also horizontal grain) until you do something to it like the wire brush texturing I did. Then it become quite visible. Things I'm learning!

I converted an image I found online of a Santa face into a scrollable, nominal 8” x 13”, Intarsia pattern. Wood used: Aspen, Padauk and a mystery wood (possibly pine?) that I chose for the face that, after cutting and shaping, turned out to be much too light with little character. Rather than recut and rework it, I chose to darken with a very light maple stain. The eyes are painted with Artist Acrylic paint. The texturing of the beard and mustache was done using a wire brush. The backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply with edges painted black. The piece is protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. After glue-up was complete, a noticeable gap became apparent on the right side mustache/beard area and, after application of the finish, the white Asen did not stay as white as I wanted. So this piece will be added to my home Christmas decorations. The actual piece looks better hanging on my wall than it does in the pic below. Comments and critiques always welcome Edit: If you like a challenge, I've posted the pattern in Pattern Exchange

Nice, very nice...I like!

If I had to make over 300 of those ornaments I would buy a laser cutter and program it to make them and, while thay are being cut, I would go make something more enjoyable on my scroll saw. If you are making that many on the SS to sell, to me that is no longer a hobby, it is to more like sweat shop labor. Sorry if you take ofence.

Outstanding work!

Congrats. Very nicely done. Very interesting challenge! What are the various categories?

That looks great. The Blue Stain took your wonderful cutting and assembly up a notch. What kind of stain was used and how was it applied. Me thinks it is actually a dye or water-color paint(?).

There are a lot of Canadian's who winter in Florida. Come on Down!

This project was cut, but the shaping, finishing and assembly process was put on hold while I made the African Elephant and then the Cute Pink Jacketed Bear. I made this project for myself to join other SS Christmas pieces I use to decorate the outside of my home between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. This will be mounted on a common Mailbox structure located in front of my neighbor and my Duplex. The pattern is a coloring book page that is free to download from various sites on Pinterest. A similar, but slightly different, color image titled Noel can also be found but no specific credit is given. The pattern was cut from one piece if 3/4” thick premium pine, shaped and sanded like doing Intarsia, asssembled and mounted on 3/8" thk Plywood backer, then painted with my Air Brush using Artist Acrylic Air Bush paints and protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. I made and mounted a simple wood stand on the back side, that will be screwed to the mailbox structure, that was painted Black. With this project finished in time to decorate for Christmas, I can now slow down and concentrate on what my next project will be…of which there are too many in the hopper. Comments and critiques always welcome.

Beautiful work and a beautiful verse.

I placed an order with them . They are sold out of 3/4 but had 1 5/8". I can resaw with my new bandsaw. Thanks

Wonderful, just wonderful. Nit too much more to add!

Tthat is a realy nice bird! Well done and great choice of woods. Looks very small. What are its dimensions? And, BTW, where did you find Orange Osage? Been looking for an Orange but have not found it?

The Elephant and this project were time sensitive and I pushed to get them completed. I have a holiday segmental piece that is cut and waiting to be finished, that I'm making to display on my mailbox, That will come next, but I'm not in a rush to complete. Normaly my pace is about 3 hours a day if nothing more important occurs. Intarsia is a slower process than SS Fret type work and I can only work on one project at a time. Flatwork I can have three or four in the works at one time. Thanks foe the nice comments.

A Cute Pink Jacket Bear by Наталья Москвитина is a FB Intarsia Group November Project of the Month, otherwise referred to as PAM. This will be my first time entering this “competition”. Therefore, my intent was to reproduce the project as close as possible to the Color image of a Stuffed Bear wearing a Crocheted Jacket, Hat and Trousers, that was included in the pattern PDF the group made available, using what kinds of wood I had available. Wood used: Cherry(the most pinkish wood I had), Aspen, Mango, Monkeypod, Yellowheart,and Poplar. The Eyes, Nose, Mouth and the two deep shade areas are “Sharpie” Black. The Backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply and the assembled panel is protected with a multiple coats Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Approximately 7" x 10". Comments and critiques are always welcome.