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Title: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: Intarsia92 on July 17, 2010, 11:49:29 am

I made these for a person that had some old pictures, only they didn't want them made cartoonish.

They are about 19" high and woods used were: Walnut, Padauk, Holly. Cedar and Pine.

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Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: wdkits1 on July 17, 2010, 11:58:59 am

HI Al
Great craftsmanship and choice of woods.

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: scrollgirl on July 17, 2010, 12:08:51 pm

They are cute! The craftsmanship is excellent!  I hope they still took them.

Sheila

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: daneklund on July 17, 2010, 01:18:29 pm

Al, those are great.  Good choice of woods.  Which wood is producing the green tint on his hat?

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: heiko rettberg on July 17, 2010, 02:01:55 pm

Looks very nice, i like them.

Havea nice day
Heiko

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: Intarsia92 on July 17, 2010, 02:37:33 pm

Dan, I guess I left that wood off the list, I used Poplar for his Hat.

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: sp_343 on July 17, 2010, 04:17:49 pm

The Intarsia "thing" still amazes me.  Outstanding work again.  Thanks for the pic!

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: Intarsia92 on July 17, 2010, 05:32:38 pm

Chris, you ought to try it you'll like it!!

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: dgman on July 17, 2010, 05:39:45 pm

Hey 92, I love them! You do some wonderful work!

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: crusty59 on July 19, 2010, 09:57:48 am

That is really cool! Very nice work

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: Dawie on July 27, 2010, 01:57:47 am

They look amazing! This intarsia starts to draw me more and moer. The more pieces I see the more I want to try it, but somehow haven't gotten round to it yet.
David.

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: northie66 on July 27, 2010, 07:38:39 am

Intarsia92... what do you use to stain the wood?  Various things for various woods?

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: Intarsia92 on July 27, 2010, 12:19:40 pm

Janet, if you're referring to "Country Folks" the only stain I used is on the Man?s shirt.  I used a Red water-base stain on the Padauk so the color will remain Red.
?Padauk will turn a dark Brown, in time, with exposure to light?.
   
I'll only use a coloring agent if a customer requests it, with two exceptions, i.e. On pieces I want to remain White I'll use a "Semi Opaque White Acrylic? watered down so the wood grain still shows through and as stated above I?ll put a wash on Padauk so it stays Red.
 
On all other projects where a color is requested I just use an Acrylic paint, either straight or watered down.
On projects where I?ve used white color woods I use Minwax, water based, Clear Satin, Polycrylic, spray or, Deft, Satin, Clear Wood Finish, spray to keep the white from turning yellow.
   
 On all other projects I use Minwax, Clear Satin, Polyurethane, spray because, I think the oil-based finish brings out the colors better. 

Al

Title: Re: Country Folks Intarsias
Post by: shissta on July 30, 2010, 10:59:57 pm

Those look great.