| Project by shopdog | posted 01-26-2010 11:49 AM | 3127 views | 2 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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I have been scrolling for years, and finally got around to making my first intarsia. It stands 6” high.
The body is Ipe
mahogany around the eye
eye is wenge
light wood is maple
beak is paduak
tail is tulip wood
feet are cherry
Intarsia is time consuming, and I almost gave up on this project.
Sure is a good way to use tiny scraps
thanks for looking
-- Steve-- http://www.urbanexteriors.biz
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ChrisN
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#1 posted 01-26-2010 02:24 PM
Looks really great!!! I’m glad you didn’t give up. I am currenlty working on my first intarsia project.
-- Chris N, Westford, MA - "If you won't eat something from your fridge that turned green...why would you eat something that started out that way?"
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#2 posted 01-26-2010 04:38 PM
Very nicely done for a first timer, very good contouring.
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a1Jim
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#3 posted 01-26-2010 05:37 PM
This looks great .
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WistysWoodWorkingWonders
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#4 posted 01-26-2010 05:46 PM
Your toucan looks great… glad you kept with it… I have not yet had time to try an intarsia project, but have some plans in mind for my first…
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woodn1
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#5 posted 02-27-2010 05:00 PM
Very good image with nicely contrasting woods! So glad you didn’t stop countour sanding sooner, the reflected light would have given the flatness away. Those few extra hours of pain gave you an heirloom, my friend.
Soft clean finish too!
-- Steve- www.woodenjourney.com
shopdog
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#6 posted 02-27-2010 05:06 PM
I almost quit making it because some of the pieces didn’t fit too well. and then all of the sanding. I finally recut a couple of pieces…it looked good enough to spend the time sanding. I’m glad I finished it. Since then, I made another toucan, but with some different woods.
-- Steve-- http://www.urbanexteriors.biz
shopdog
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#7 posted 02-27-2010 09:19 PM
I rounded over what I could with my Bosch Colt. The rest was done by other means.
I’ll take a pic of the other one and post it.
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John Gray
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#8 posted 02-27-2010 09:21 PM
COOL!!!!!!
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shopdog
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#9 posted 02-27-2010 11:45 PM
So nice, I made it twice…but I like the first one more.
body-walnut
beak and feathers-tulip wood
feet-wenge
eyeball-ebony
light wood-maple
eye surround-mahogany
time to move on to other intarsia projects
-- Steve-- http://www.urbanexteriors.biz
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