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Title: intarsia flower
Post by: Dean A on February 06, 2013, 02:28:30 pm
Hello,

 This is an intarsia flower I did out of pine. I stained it diffrent shades to make it look like diffrent woods. I got this pattern from a book written by Garnett Hall.

 Thanks for looking
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Post by: ChuckD on February 06, 2013, 03:08:00 pm
That's a goodie.  It is the one that I use for practice when I haven"t done intarsia for a while and need to warm up the muscle memory.  :):)
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Post by: Scroll Down on February 06, 2013, 05:48:39 pm
Nice.

Looking for beginner patterns and that looks like a winner. What's the name of the book?

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Post by: EIEIO on February 06, 2013, 07:39:23 pm
Nice work.

I was thinking of trying thinned watercolor paint for a stain. Any experience with that? What did you use for color stain?
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Post by: Intarsia92 on February 06, 2013, 07:43:58 pm
That Flower turned out very nice. It's a great pattern to practice with. You can find quite a few stained glass patters that are simple and easy to convert to Intarsias.
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Post by: TripleB on February 06, 2013, 07:50:43 pm
Good Job Dean, you would never know the wood was pine.
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Post by: wombatie on February 07, 2013, 03:58:34 am
That's great.  It looks like something I could learn from.  Well done.

Marg
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Post by: Keefie on February 07, 2013, 04:30:01 am
looks great, nice job with the colouring.
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Post by: newfie on February 07, 2013, 08:18:39 am
good job
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Post by: Dean A on February 07, 2013, 10:58:34 am
thanks for the compliments

 Scrolldown, the book is called "the art of intarsia" Garnett Hall

 EIEIO, yes, I have done acylic wash for color. I did a tulip for a friend. Turned out great. If you click on the link under my name, there is a picture of it somewhere on my blog page

 ChuckD, it is a basic intarsia and a great warm up like you mentioned. In fact if you are just starting out doing intarsia, I think anything plant life is the easiest patterns to do. You can visualize the leafs and flowers better. At least thats what I found.
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Post by: countryscroller on February 07, 2013, 12:12:20 pm
Nice work! I was wanting to give a try at intarsia and this looks nice. For me it would be easier to stain wood than buy exotic woods.
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Post by: Dean A on February 07, 2013, 01:26:03 pm
country scroller, there is nothing wrong with staining. In fact, its the best way to start out. Exotic wood is expensive, where as pine is cheap. Practice first and as you get better, move up to domestics like, oak, walnut and popular. little more expensive than pine, but still affordable. Thats just my view of it.

 Also, I have used acrylic paints and kinda wipe and wash so the grain still shows through.
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Post by: Tim2beupinAz on February 08, 2013, 11:29:56 am
looks great. Nice work
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Post by: Russ C on February 11, 2013, 06:27:16 pm
Looks fantastic Dean,nice work.  :)
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Post by: ChuckD on February 12, 2013, 02:54:39 pm
Here is my last version of the simple flower.  It was all natural wood.  Western red cedar and Poplar.
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Post by: Scroll Down on April 24, 2013, 06:13:40 pm
Got Garnets books, he is having a two for one sale, and a few other of his patterns while I was ordering to help offset the shipping costs that he eats most of.

Great guy, great books.

This flower is harder than it looks at first. Learning alot about getting pieces to fit, especially circles.

Thanks for posting and steering me to him!
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Post by: Intarsia92 on April 24, 2013, 06:55:52 pm
Nice job on the simple flower Chuck. The shaping and choice of woods look great.
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Post by: Marcellarius on April 26, 2013, 03:13:52 am
very nice job, flower looks great, both of them
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Post by: troy_curtis on April 29, 2013, 04:09:41 am
Very nice work. They both look good. Thanks for sharing. I love seeing intarsia projects. Need to try my 3rd one sometime soon.
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Post by: heppnerguy on July 22, 2013, 09:17:24 pm
I have used water color paint and even food coloring to add some colors to my work.They both worked fairly well for me.  Just one other idea for you