Craig Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 This guy at work calls this "Making sawdust"!!! Some sawdust..... Quote
capt jake Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Intarsia has always facinated me. Nice work! Quote
Tom Lathrop Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 John, I did an intarsia picture a while back. You may have seen it on the west porch when you were here. It's made from ash, cherry, walnut, pine and carvings of man, pennant and bird are dogwood. Dogwood is the best local carving wood, even better than tupelo as it will not split easily and holds detail well. Sorry about the double photo. Novice geek at work. Quote
Mike Routley Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Two very nice examples of intarsia. I have done intarsia for several years. It is both fun and habit forming. Weather it's your own original pattern or one you have purchased, no two pieces will come out the same. Thats part of the fun. You begin with wood scraps and end up with an original work of art. A lady named Judy Gail Roberts has created hundreds of patterns. Look her up on the web. She has done some amazing things with western red cedar. Quote
Tom Lathrop Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Mike, I think I have seen some of her work. Beautiful stuff. The one above is the only one I have made. The cedar is eastern incense and was from the knarly base of a very old tree which showed some wavy patterns. What I have not seen is any western cedar with the colors she was able to find. All the western red we see is mostly rather bland and none of the light color sapwood. Guess you have to be close to the source. Quote
capt.lucky Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 you guys are artest not just woodworkers take a bow Quote
Charlie Jones Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 lol- I used to know Judy Gail. Met her when she and I were showing in the same craft sale in Dibol Texas some years ago. Her studio at that time was in Lufkin Texas and I used to stop by and visit once in a while. She'd mark out the pieces on the chosen wood and her then fiancee would cut them out- They had ( I think) 5 bandsaws set up with different width blades so he could cut the curves needed without tearing up the edges. They had made test rounds that he could lay against the lines she drew so he'd know which saw to use. You should see the collection of cedar she had- all laid out so she could pick and choose colors and grain, like an artist persuing her palette. She's about Laura's size- pretty tiny, and a wonderful artist. Had some beautiful BIG stuff on the walls of the studio. All this was before she appeared in WOOD magazine and her desgins really took off. I'm happy for them- she's a neat lady. Lufkin is where I met Laura by the way. Quote
capt jake Posted January 27, 2007 Posted January 27, 2007 Tom, I do remember that, now. Nice work also. I need to escape to the East Coast again. Quote
Tom Lathrop Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Tom' date=' I do remember that, now. Nice work also. I need to escape to the East Coast again. [/quote']Maybe we need to work out a house and boat swap sometime. We would like to visit the PNW again and our son no longer lives in Seattle. Quote
capt jake Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Tom' date=' I do remember that, now. Nice work also. I need to escape to the East Coast again. [/quote']Maybe we need to work out a house and boat swap sometime. We would like to visit the PNW again and our son no longer lives in Seattle. That's an idea. I need do think about logistics. The house shrunk again last night. Not only is my son back (who 'says' he is moving Monday), but my daughter, son in law and grandson are all here now (supposed to be only for a couple of months). There's a 'reason' I moved to a smaller house. It's not working. Quote
Tom Lathrop Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Yeah john, I had to eventually "suggest" that our two sons take up other residence after college too. That seems to almost be the norm nowadays. No problems though. They just needed a nudge and took it in good form. Quote
capt jake Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Yeah john' date='I had to eventually "suggest" that our two sons take up other residence after college too. That seems to almost be the norm nowadays. No problems though. They just needed a nudge and took it in good form.[/quote'] The 'nudge' isn't working with teh son. May daughter is great; they are just preparing for a big move to Lousiana for a new job. I have an older step-daughter who was the perpetual boomerang child. No matter how forcefully we threw her out; she always found a way back! Quote
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