Intarsia: Artistry in Wood: 12 Projects for Every Occasion

by Judy Gale Roberts and Jerry Booher

Book Overview

Join Judy Gale Roberts as she explores the craftsmanship and creative potential of Intarsia - the art of making picture mosaics in wood. 12 beautiful projects - perfect for the home and as gifts - are presented inside with complete instructions, patterns and color photographs of the finished projects. You'll use just the natural color and grain of the wood - no painting or staining required - to make these useful and decorative pieces. Cutting out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565230965
• ISBN13: 9781565230965
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Instructions

This is an excellent pattern book for getting started in Intarsia. The book contains 12 projects varying from wildlife to Christmas to a puppy in a basket. Each project gets a little more challanging. All projects include a color picture of the finished project and full size plans to make the project, along with narration about the projects special features and 'Helpful Tips' to make the project easier to complete.The first project includes 12 pages of narration and 41 color photos explaining and showing the different techniques of intarsia. Just follow along, step by step, and before you know it, you have a complete Brown Pelican you can be proud to display. The second project, Puppy in a Basket, has 16 pages of narration and 58 color photos to guide your way to a beautiful completed project. The last ten projects do not go into as much detail, only a few paragraphs and the completed finished color photo. However, many of the techniques discussed in the first two projects carry over to almost ALL intarsia projects.A great beginner book for Intarsia, some nice simple Intarsia plans and a few challanging ones for the more experienced sawyer. A must for every scroll sawyer collection.

Intarsia artistry in Wood

The authers begin by helping you through a project step by step. I followed along with them and my first project was a beautiful Brown Pelican. Their Instructions included wood selection and pattern use. You are then incouraged to go solo and hone your skills. The degree of difficulty of the patterns range from basic to an intermediate level. I encourage anyone with a scroll saw to begin with this book and getting into the fasinating hobby of intarsia. In no time they will be creating items of beauty to be proud of.