"Almost There"

Hi everyone !Mike Mathieu here. Been a long time since I 've had anything to share with the group. Glad to be back.  Here is the latest and greatest progress picture of my latest Intarsia project. I got the birds in the bush and the buck inlayed into the background. I still have the rabbits and a few more bushes and trees to add to the foreground and maybe a pileated woodpecker on the big tree. We'll see if it scales out. 325 pieces from 22 woods so far

 

Edited February 17, 20233 yr by Mike Mathieu
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That is AWESOME, Mike!!!  Glad to see you posting again.

Thanks Lew--Glad to be back. 

3 hours ago, lew said:

That is AWESOME, Mike!!!  Glad to see you posting again.

+ ditto.  Awesome effort.  Thanks for sharing.   Danl

Thanks Danl

Welcome back home Mike. Great to have you on deck again.

 

Spectacular work. The intricate detail is amazing. Appreciate you taking time to share.

Thanks Dave -this has been a fun project and very challenging.

 

Beautiful work, Mike. How many hours ya got in that? 

Thanks Gene--Been working on this piece off and on since October. This is a design as I go project which means lots of cuts and re-cuts to get the depth right. My intention  was to use as many natural colored woods and adding as much detail as possible. Had no idea how many pieces it would have but figured at least 300 would be close.

Mike, I've been following your work on Facebook, you are still the amazing talented Intarsiast and scroller we all remember you as, it's wonderful having you back here and posting again, thanks for looking us up and getting back on.  

Thanks John-Good to be back.

Picnic Table and wittle wabbits cut, shaped and detailed ready to inlay into my intarsia piece .Added 2 new woods to the project. Sap walnut for the rabbits and mahogany for the table. 24 woods so far

What patience and hand/eye coordination for these. Amazing.

Awesome work.

Hi Everyone

Got the rabbits and picnic table inlayed into the background of my intarsia piece. 330 pieces from 24 woods so far, This is fun stuff!!

Man Mike, such detail, those look awesome, what kind of hand work goes into those tiny pieces?

Thanks John- each piece starts off with the subject photo, hand drawn onto paper , reduced to the proper size on the printer, traced onto sticky back label paper, applied to the wood blank, cut on the scroll saw, sanded, detailed with engraving bits and inlayed into the background wood. Some pieces take around 10 or so minutes  just to get to the inlay stage which is another whole process. Fun Stuff!!

Got the pileated wood pecker inlayed. Made from Wenge ,Pink Ivory and Holly. 333 pieces from 25 woods so far

Eye candy Mike. A beautiful piece of art.

Got the Daffodils drawn, cut, shaped glued up, detailed and inlayed into the background. Added 10 pieces from Lignum Vitae and yellowheart. Next is a flower box next to the cabin. 340 pieces from 25 woods