Intarsia eagles

Great looking work Rick – they really came out nice. I like the craftsmanship and the finish – good stuff.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

good work!
he one with the feathers… ooh la la

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Your third one is one mean looking eagle.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

I have always wanted to try intarsia…. and now that I have retired.. Your projects look very nice. And painted too…...that’s the first time I have seen intarsia painted…..very nice.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

Rick, Very nice. I have to ask, are these your own designs? It is different to see painted intarsia. It would eliminate a lot of the problems of wood selection.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Nice work! I like them.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Thanks for the comments everyone.I will answer some of your comments.Intarsia takes alot of time. First you have to run off extra patterns if your going to use different wood types. .After you have placed your patterns on the stock. You can start cutting them out. After the cutting is done, you need to start shaping the pieces.I use different sized drums to shape and sand.The amount of shaping is up to you,but you want the pieces to fit as tight as possible, so dont take too much off the bottom of each piece.You also want the pieces to have a certain amount of contour to them, so they have demention. Sometimes you have to refit pieces too.After you’ve fitted your pieces Sand each piece for the final finish this is the longest part. You need to cut a back board for the project. Fit your pieces on a back board and trace around them in the shape of your project. Cut the back board out. Now you need stain or paint each piece. Some people use the woods natural color instead of paint.After you finished painting or staining, glue it all up .Gorilla glue is a good glue for wood or any project.You want to place something level and heavy on top of the project. Let the glue setup for 24hrs. your done.This was just a breif description on how to do intarsia.Some people do it differently but my way works too. Most of the patterns, I use come from” Creative Woodcrafts”.I havent designed any of my own projects yet, but im working on it.Thank you

-- Rick,Neoga,IL.http://www.myspace.com/sublime_4_life_40