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Got the fall 2015 issue #60 of Scrollsaw Woodworking to build another project but found the patterns for Lazy Raccoon and had to give it a try.
I've never done a intarsia before so just thought I'd give it a try.





Well I finally got it done with 38 leaves.
I started just going to put a few leaves in the corners but the more I made the more it wanted.
I feel like it needs some more but just want to start something else.

It looks kind a busy in the picture but in person it looks better .


I cut all the wood down to less that 1/2" so ended up with plenty a walnut being that the cutting board was 1 1/8" thick.
I started to make the body 3/4" thick but my cheap Harbor Freight scroll saw just had a hard time with it so the 1/2 worked out much better and doubled my supply of walnut.
I should add that the walnut had a bunch a lighter colored wood so that's where the tail and some of the leaves come from.
I wish I would have taken a picture of the cutting board.
The picture frame is mahogany from a scrounged bed frame.

It's all walnut from a cutting board I found.



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Good job for the first.How long you worked for this project?I am tempted to try a intarsia project this winter but i am afraid of not having enough patience to finish it.
 

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I should have kept up with my time but about three weeks 3 to 4 hours a day?
I'm retired.
I should have started out with something a little smaller but once I found a project I loved I just kept plugging at it till it was done.
For me finding something I really like make a big difference.
If my heart isn't really in to it I really don't care if I finish it or not.
This project was really 3 in one the raccoon the leaves and then the frame.
 

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Awesome various brown colours! You've done very good job! Leafs are incredible too.
 

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Really turned out well, hard to believe it was your first intarsia project
 
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