After seeing some of the original intarsia stuff other members have done, I offer this project which, I must say, pales by comparison.
Here is the ?Oak Leaf Wreath? project. This is my first intarsia pattern and it is done with appreciation to nature for furnishing the leaves. I also want thank J Roberts and K Wise for some ideas I used in this project. I used actual leaves I picked up on my walks in the park to make the pattern.
The 4 different leaves were harvested from the same oak tree. The same thing must go for leaves as snowflakes; no two are the same.
On another forum, I requested a bow pattern. Two folks responded with some fine bow patterns. However, they admonished me to do my own. Well I got on the internet and fund several. Used this one (which was clip art) for the project after doing some tracing and hand drawing.
The wreath is about 16? in diameter. The woods used are cherry, mahogany, oak, walnut and poplar. The bow is poplar, stained red. I used cherry stain on cherry, mahogany stain on mahogany, etc. on some of the leaves (the rest were left natural) to get some contrast between the natural woods. ?? MDF for a backer and finished with satin Deft. Discovered Old Masters gel stain on this project. Nice product.
When I posted this on another forum it was suggested that the backer showing through between the leaves was a distractor. I?m going to figure out a way to correct this by cutting away all the backer that shows. Another thought is to use my now famous colored balls in the spaces. Suggestions please.
As always, comments and questions are welcome.
Whadayathnk?
Chase
Pic 1 is the wreath.
Pic 2 is one of the leaves.
Pic 3 is the bow before assembly and staining.
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