With coming Holidays Season there is a special field of creativity to try. Crafts and decorations will make you feel warm and cozy at home. Intarsia is an exciting woodworking technique which is easy to obtain and accomplish as a hobby and artwork. Having done intarsia myself, I can readily appreciate the massive talent and artistry of Kathy Wise, Garnet Hall, Judy Gale Roberts and other artists who mastered their creativity and shared their ideas in wonderful woodworking workshops and patterns. Their creative designs are bringing intarsia to a new level of art, way beyond the craft stage.I would and will recommend it to any beginners or woodworkers that want to improve their skill at Intarsia.
Intarsia is a woodworking technique that uses varied shapes, sizes and species of wood that are fitted together to create a 3-dimensional, mosaic-like picture. Intarsia is created through the selection of different types of wood, using their natural grain pattern and color (but can involve the use of stains and dyes) to create variations in the pattern. After selecting the specific woods to be used within the pattern, each piece of wood is then individually cut, shaped, and sanded. Sometimes, additional pieces of plywood are used to raise areas of the pattern to create more depth. Once the individual pieces are finished, they are fit together like a jig-saw puzzle and glued to a piece of wood backing ( birch, plywood). The backing is then cut to the outline shape of the final product. Once the glue holding the individual pieces of wood on the backing is set, a final layer of finish is applied to complete the project.
With creative intarsia technique you will learn how to cut and shape small pieces of various woods to form images. Show your appreciation at Thanksgiving by creating these figures from history, or pick the themes of cornucopia, acorns with leaves, corn. It is easy and enjoyable to create abundance for your home and garden with Intarsia patterns.
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