First Intarsia

Well done!

beautiful work!

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Beautiful work

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Absolutely beautiful. Nice job.

-- Dale, Ohio

Amazing work, and such a nice tribute to your loved one. Sorry to hear, as it is never easy. It’s a nice tribute to keep the memory going. I love Intarsia style of woodworking.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Milton, beautiful work, especially for your first piece. I am sure that your grandson would have smiled at this tribute to him. Cottonwood is an excellent choice for your white wood in case you get in a bind. I am a novice at Intarsia also, but I really like the craft. I hope you do too and I look forward to seeing more of your posts.

-- Lee - Northern idaho~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green

NICE REMEMBERANCE!

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Nice work and a very kind and wonderful thing to do.

-- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos

Too good for first time!

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

That is beautiful work, thank you for sharing,
and my apologies for your loss.

Mind if I ask a question on your techniques?
How do you sand each piece?
I am new to Intarsia, but they look somewhat difficult to hold, no?

-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! SteveW

That is a very nice piece of work you have done there. Great fist intarsia.

-- Tim - I usally measure twice after I cut......then I know for sure that I cut it short.....

So sorry for your loss and I too love intarsia and have the book in question I must try this when I get the time LOL Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Thanks everyone. Was quite a challenge.

Steve, You are right. Very difficult to hold because the piece is so tiny.. Sanded with tiny tubes and diamond burrs on a flexible shaft, finished by hand with fine wet-and-dry.

Thanks for the tip on Cottonwood, Luv2Learn but I don’t know of a supplier in Australia. However, I saw a neighbour pruning his Cumquat and the wood is nearly pure white. I grabbed a branch, painted the ends with plastic paint and will leave it dry out in the workshop then mill it. If it still comes out white I shall approach some citrus farmers for their larger prunings, since the Tasmanian Cheesewood is very rarely available as it is an understory shrub which is only cut as a by-product of normal logging.

-- Milton Toal, Doncaster, Melbourne Australia.

Excellent work and made for a very good reason! First time, It looks so perfect!

-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!

Very nice!!! Shaping and choice of woods are great.

-- Intarsia92