I sure have learned a lot in this thread. I also really don’t know what to say (and those that know me, know it’s a rarity.) I have thought about this ever since Bob posted his project. I am not quite ready to admit defeat yet however.
And let me explain why,
In the world of intarsia (which is my preferred method of working with wood) it can take a long time to find the right color of wood for that blue heron, or red tailed hawk. Then one has to cut these pieces out of all these different kinds, colors of patterns themselves in the wood and make them fit like a glove as if that was the way it was suppose to be. In the case of what I have learned as being segmentation one takes just one piece of wood, cuts it up and of course its going to fit (as in my grinning gator) and as someone above stated like a jig saw puzzle.
Sooo in the intarsia world, segmentation (as I know it) is like an insult to intarsia. Because trust me when I say it’s two totally different things. Two totally different art forms. Sooo when I said to Bob in the original thread that I thought his work was finer than segmentation and he was insulting his own work I meant it. BECAUSE in my woodworking world when you are taking two different pieces of wood of different stock and you are making them fit like a glove THAT is a true art form in it’s own right.
-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!
