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CanadianScroller · 10-02-2009, 02:55 PM

Well I havent been here for awhile but I just started my first true intarsia.
It will be a walleye plaque for my son to give away as a gift.

I have cut all the pieces, using birch, fiddleback maple and fir.
Some of the pieces I carved to shape rather than sanding. but still long way to go.

I will post pics when I am done.
I made the pattern myself. I just enlarged a pice of color clipart I found online and traced the general shapes.
It is certainly an interesting process taking a 2 dimensional picture and making a 3D object.

wood-n-things · 10-02-2009, 03:06 PM

Why wait to post-- do a work in progress...love to watch the steps of completion...

dragyn · 10-02-2009, 03:56 PM

Carl; you should know by now that we lurve piccies. Even WIP's so post piccies now please!

Cutting Cathy · 10-02-2009, 05:38 PM

You go Carl!!!! I took a walk on the wild side too and look where I am now!! Please, please, please post WIP pictures!!!! We really do love them!

JimSawyer · 10-02-2009, 06:22 PM

Do show!!!!!!!
I haven't taken the dark path myself yet, but I guess it's only a matter of time. Intarsia is inevitable. (Gotta get some sufficient stock first).

Rolf · 10-02-2009, 08:23 PM

Oh yea we need pictures.
Jim,

I used some ordinary pine to do some simple pieces and get a feel for the fitting and shaping. You don't need any exotic wood supply to get started.

Fran1942 · 10-02-2009, 09:08 PM

Oh, boy another one to the "wild side".
Cathy, I borrowed your phrase, because I think it fits intarsia. What with all the pieces flying off the disk sander and sanding mop, now that can get really wild.
Carl, please do post some pictures. I know when I started making intarsia, the pictures were a life saver for me, to see how to cut and shape.
Fran

jim_mex · 10-02-2009, 09:25 PM

Stuff the pictures Carl! - well someone has gotta say something different !!!
- and of course I'm lying.

Glad to see you've stuck your toe in the water. Come on in, the temperature is fine and the sharks have been trained just to suck your toes instead of biting!

As to WIP pictures - well baring your soul this way is one of the neat things about intarsia and segmentation work. Of course you have to be a bit brave to do this but that's part of the fun! As the recent challenges have shown, no two people produce the same result from the same pattern and seeing the different approaches, irrespective of the level of experience of the scrollers, is not only very interesting but highly educational

Anyway I'm not going to tell you what to do next..... but I'm sure someone else will - LOL!

CanadianScroller · 10-02-2009, 10:43 PM

well my WIP is completely different.... I even glued 2 pieces together before shaping. Also paring lots down with knife to save the sawdust

JimSawyer · 10-02-2009, 11:12 PM

But Where are the pictures??? Since I've never done intarsia, I figure you'll be helping me out what with you're being new to it and all.

We really want to see the pictures!!!!!!!

Plus I love the idea of using carving tools to get there, since I have all kinds of carving tools and nothing but a Dremel to shape with. You may be on to something here....

10-02-2009, 02:55 PM	#1
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,937 Blog Entries: 12	Mark the calendar Well I havent been here for awhile but I just started my first true intarsia. It will be a walleye plaque for my son to give away as a gift. I have cut all the pieces, using birch, fiddleback maple and fir. Some of the pieces I carved to shape rather than sanding. but still long way to go. I will post pics when I am done. I made the pattern myself. I just enlarged a pice of color clipart I found online and traced the general shapes. It is certainly an interesting process taking a 2 dimensional picture and making a 3D object. __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

10-02-2009, 03:06 PM	#2
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,478 Blog Entries: 1	Why wait to post-- do a work in progress...love to watch the steps of completion... __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

10-02-2009, 03:56 PM	#3
dragyn Local Goofball! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,667	Carl; you should know by now that we lurve piccies. Even WIP's so post piccies now please! __________________ Dragyn (Oh my! Another Mike! ) It's a good thing my head is attached to my ... ... Has anyone seen my head?!?

10-02-2009, 05:38 PM	#4
Cutting Cathy Proud Grandma Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 565	You go Carl!!!! I took a walk on the wild side too and look where I am now!! Please, please, please post WIP pictures!!!! We really do love them! __________________ Cathy in NE "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." - Anonymous

10-02-2009, 06:22 PM	#5
JimSawyer Laying into Inlay Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lincoln, RI Posts: 1,075	Do show!!!!!!! I haven't taken the dark path myself yet, but I guess it's only a matter of time. Intarsia is inevitable. (Gotta get some sufficient stock first). __________________ Jim The limits of the imagination are imaginary. No task is too tedious for Art. Rock and Scroll My Website Featherwood Woodcrafts

10-02-2009, 08:23 PM	#6
Rolf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York Posts: 2,808	Oh yea we need pictures. Jim, I used some ordinary pine to do some simple pieces and get a feel for the fitting and shaping. You don't need any exotic wood supply to get started. __________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can"

10-02-2009, 09:08 PM	#7
Fran1942 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 392	Oh, boy another one to the "wild side". Cathy, I borrowed your phrase, because I think it fits intarsia. What with all the pieces flying off the disk sander and sanding mop, now that can get really wild. Carl, please do post some pictures. I know when I started making intarsia, the pictures were a life saver for me, to see how to cut and shape. Fran

10-02-2009, 09:25 PM	#8
jim_mex 'Senior' member - no way! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pachuca, Mexico Posts: 1,788	Stuff the pictures Carl! - well someone has gotta say something different !!! - and of course I'm lying. Glad to see you've stuck your toe in the water. Come on in, the temperature is fine and the sharks have been trained just to suck your toes instead of biting! As to WIP pictures - well baring your soul this way is one of the neat things about intarsia and segmentation work. Of course you have to be a bit brave to do this but that's part of the fun! As the recent challenges have shown, no two people produce the same result from the same pattern and seeing the different approaches, irrespective of the level of experience of the scrollers, is not only very interesting but highly educational Anyway I'm not going to tell you what to do next..... but I'm sure someone else will - LOL! __________________ Jim in Mexico “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” -Albert Einstein

10-02-2009, 10:43 PM	#9
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,937 Blog Entries: 12	well my WIP is completely different.... I even glued 2 pieces together before shaping. Also paring lots down with knife to save the sawdust __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

10-02-2009, 11:12 PM	#10
JimSawyer Laying into Inlay Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lincoln, RI Posts: 1,075	But Where are the pictures??? Since I've never done intarsia, I figure you'll be helping me out what with you're being new to it and all. We really want to see the pictures!!!!!!! Plus I love the idea of using carving tools to get there, since I have all kinds of carving tools and nothing but a Dremel to shape with. You may be on to something here.... __________________ Jim The limits of the imagination are imaginary. No task is too tedious for Art. Rock and Scroll My Website Featherwood Woodcrafts

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