Trees

Very cool.

Sounds like you know my barber; I told him to cut my hair longer, but the longer he cut, the shorter it got.

I like the way the tree stands out and goes beyond the border. It increases the depth of the picture dramatically.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Thats really cool!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Allison, that is pretty cool… the sky is my favorite.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

DAMN what’s wrong with it? You owe yourself an apology. Looks great to me … miss ramble on. I will send you a photo of something I painted for my watercolor class … same technique. That thing on your shoulders … yeah that’s it … now push it up … leave it there. Don’t post with your head hung down again …. Promise!

YOUR WORK IS GREAT!

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

If everything was easy we/you wouldn’t want to do it…..... Nothing to be ashamed of here, shake off the saw dust and get shaping some more atarsia. we are our own worst critics…...

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

I like it. Do you mean, “I cut it twice, and it’s still too short”? Old Saying! I love your work. It’s very artistic and done with feeling.

-- ??? My mistakes heat the house. It's very warm in here. ???

Allison,
You see the mistakes but it is not as obvious to others. Three dimensional perspective in a two dimensional form is not intuitive, except to a few. Many with some formal art background still can’t do it well, but it can be learned. (But don’t ask me how, ‘cause I never did get it!)

I like the disappearing stream and the way the smaller trees float. The big tree is most interesting. It looks like some mutant force that is going to grow past the frame and into the room. Having unresolved perspective makes for a very compelling image. Take that wacky perspective and push it a little farther and you’ve got modern art: check out Marc Chegall, Salvador Dali or even Pablo Picasso. Then give me some courage to try even a small one of those interasiosisis. (I can’t even spell it much less do it!)
SM

-- SM

Allison,

I don’t see anything amiss about this as well. It is a beautiful work of art that should be on display.

I would not know where to begin to create something like this.

This is a very nice piece.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Beautiful use of the colors of the woods. Looks great!

-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.

A very beautiful piece, Allison.

I know what you mean, though. Why is it that so many mistakes seem ridiculously obvious only after you make them?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

my wife…the math teacher will love you forever…no one ever thinks math is important (incliuding this dumb history teacher—-who is beginning to appreciate FRACTIONS more and more)...

Beautiful work…I really like this…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...

Sweet Puzzle

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

I did not mean to sound THAT hard on myself , but thanks everyone. What I was trying to say, you take a inch tree out of an inlay to bring it up, If you want that pattern to be the dimension it is to begin with , you have to ADD that inch into the background, because that tree is no longer there taking that inch of space! I hope I was clearer on that. Just about everything I have made with intarsia started out as a scrolling pattern, but this was soooo different being a inlay pattern where everything is meant to fit together (like intarsia) but flat)So that is where the math comes in. I learned (and actually knew, just was not thinking) that if you take an inch you must replace the inch for the dimensions of the pattern to be right! In other words my sky, my land all had to be increased, hence the much smaller outcome.
Actually I think it is kind of funny!
My teachers always told me I would need to use math throughout my life!
Tell THAT to a rebellious teenager! Or any teen for that matter! LOL!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

Beautiful intarsia Allison, wish I could do as well. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

great job Allison. I agree that math is such a big part in woodworking, thats why its good that I’m in school now so if makes it easier for me. what wood did you use for the tree, its amazing, it looks like leopard wood but i’m not sure.

I see something that you forgot! At the end of your narration…You forgot “PEACE !!!”

Other than that, I think the pic is just fine!

Peace to you too.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Well Dadoo, you may be poking fun at me or maybe not, but it is true, and I can’t believe that I did not! (sign PEACE!!!) especially on this weekend.
Just think, If we always had PEACE!!!
We would not have a memorial day, let alone weekend! And I can not think of anything nicer!
Soooo
PEACE!!!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

Yes…I was poking fun, and “Peace” to you too!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

great piece i love it..

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day all Dug