segmentation & Intarsia

[ubgoofy2003]

I am a newcomer to intarsia & need some info. The question: Are the eyes of a subject inlaid or full thickness of the wood piece. I'm thinking they would be inlaid. Items like the eyebrow or small pieces. such as the nose etc. And another question: Do you round over all edges of each piece or just the outside edge. I have looked at several pictures of some great intarsia, & I want to make sure of what I'm doing. Thanks in advance for any help.
goofytoo

[Tor]

Well, usually all edges are rounded, and even small pieces are separate cut pieces. Some pieces may not be full thickness, and those you put a riser behind to raise them to the correct thickness.

Tor

[f250]

Mostly you do it the way you want to get the right effect. When I made the wolf, the eyes were all seperate pieces, but I glued them together and shaped them all together. When I made my nativity, the tulip wood I used was resawed to get more use from the wood, I put risers behind it. Most all of my edges are rounded, but it just would depend on the piece

Do it how you think it looks best!

[Janette]

I will glue in the pupil to the outside part of the eye and shape as one, but the rest of the eye pieces (above and below) are all sanded individually. I will hand sand all the edges of each piece - more like "easing" the edges just to knock the sharp corner off and yes, each piece is individually shaped.

[workin for wood]

I would say that any piece that is inside another piece is "inlayed". They are seperate pieces, no matter how you look at it. An eyebrow would normally be cut out and then the hole it goes into is cut out and the eyebrow is inserted into the hole, the eyebrow would stand higher than the face. If you trace the eyebrow piece onto the wood and chisel in a recess, it's the same thing, but much more work of course.

[f250]

This picture could be better, but you can see I took a few pieces to make the eyeball. I put them all together and then shaped the eyeball as one. Is there inlay? Heck I don't know what else to call it, there is a dowel for the pupil (hard to see in the picture).

Every edge on all the pieces are rounded and each piece done seperately with exception on the eyeball.

Tom

[Janette]

I wouldn't call it inlay specifically Tom. To me, it's all part of intarsia

[f250]

Well if it was inlay, it was the easiest I've ever done

Drill a hole and pound in a dowel...

[ubgoofy2003]

Thanks to all of you, for your help. I know that I need to do more research on the Art of Intarsia. Like reading, ha. Thank you goofytoo