Hi All,
Al (Intarsia92) has been a huge inspiration to me, the Intarsia that he post on the Intarsia board is always stunning. The big problem though was, it always intimidated me, and kept me from trying Intarsia because I knew I could never do it as well as he does. Than it dawned on me one day "I don't need to do it as good as Al, I just need to do it!". I started emailing Al and picking his brain and he was always willing to share his knowledge with me, which I can never thank him enough for.
I took his advice and fit it into my way of doing things (and the tools I had available) and finally came up with a hybrid Al/ Bob version of making intarsia. Even though I will still never be able to create Intarsia pieces like Al does, I'm comfortable with what I do make.
A year ago I started making some videos of the hybrid process, but never finished them, recently I watched them again and said what the heck. I finished them and thought I would share them with you. I made it 6 parts because there is a lot of info to go over, and I guess sometimes I can get a bit long winded. Hopefully, after watching the videos, some of you will try Intarsia that might not have before. I will warn you though, once you try it, it's hard to stop.
Here is the link to the full playlist of all the videos, I would highly suggest a good stiff drink before watching them though!
Oh...almost forgot, there is a pattern of the Sea Shell if you would like to make one here:
http://www.scroll-saw-forum.com/2014/02/make-basic-intarsia-sea-shell-scroll.htmlVideo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80FH7jJNqco&list=PLBB0Vuj1VeTArxq8WDCooy_NslqpXxmNwBob