The Nicholls: Intarsia

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Intarsia

Here's the Bobcat he made.
Moyd had been working on some wood projects, this is a racoon that he just completed.
Intarsia is the fine art of cutting numerous pieces of different kinds of wood on a scrollsaw, and fitting them together to make a picture. Intarsia is sometimes referred to as wood art. You use the colour, texture and grain of the various types of wood to add excitement to your work. Sort of like a wood puzzle. In its most sophisticated form each piece of wood is carved to an appropriate shape and thickness, based on what it is suppose to represent. The finished piece can be stand alone artwork, ... added around a picture frame or mirror, or shrunk in size and applied as a decorative component to wooden clocks and boxes.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

marick says that it is awesome

Dorene said...

I'll let him know you like it ;)
luv ya, grandma

the letter "J" said...

AMAZING!!!