Here we go folks!

Every granddaughter lives in a world of Unicorns, rainbows and enchanted castles so I will attempt to create an Intarsia to bring the vision to life. Stay tuned -this will be a fun project.

WOW! Gonna make a little girl very happy!

Following along. Always fun to watch evolve. Thanks Mike.

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Got a few pieces cut for my newest Grand kids project. 9 pieces from grey and white holly. Oh yeah-this is gonna be fun!!

Making progress on my new project.18 pieces from gray and white holly, purpleheart, pink ivory and sap cherry. 

Ready to tighten things up and do the detailing and glue-up. 

Wow, you really have some talent for this....spectacular.

Keep it up Mike. I think you're starting to get the hang of this.

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 Got the rest of the pieces cut, shaped and glued-up for the subject section of my project. Still have a little more detailing to do but I'll do that towards the end of the project. By gluing this section together  I can use it to trace the outline onto the pattern accurately and start designing the rest of the foreground and background sections.

Added 7 pieces of ebony  as details pieces so up to 25 pieces from 6 woods. Fun has just begun!!

 

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Well-I ended up changing horses, or in this case unicorns in mid stream for this project. Better Half told me she didn't think the rider looked young enough to be our granddaughter so back to the drawing board to come up with a more suitable subject. This is what I ended up with. Has 48 pieces from 11 woods. Still have some detailing to do but can do that any time. Time to have some fun!!

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I really think you nailed it with this one!

 

Wowsers! The de-tail (no pun intended) in this horse, 'er unicorn is simply amazing as is the new rider.

So Gramps--don't you know that unicorns have a pink mane and tail and golden hooves. Who am I to argue with an eight year old.

6 minutes ago, Intarsia Mike said:

So Gramps--don't you know that unicorns have a pink mane and tail and golden hooves. Who am I to argue with an eight year old

 Just nod and agree Mike. You'll get smarter as they get older.

BTW, great recovery!

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A little progress on my new Grandkids project. Got the little castle  all cut, shaped and glued together adding 28 pieces from holly, pernambuco, sycamore and ebony . I cheated a little for the windows by making a special  tool to make the rectangular  recesses  then mixing ebony dust and white glue to go into the recesses. Up to 76 pieces from 13 woods and counting . 

Spectacular Mike!

 Great work on the castle & work around for the windows.

Mike, you have done a fantastic job on these.

A true artist and a steady hand.

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Been a couple of weeks since I've had a chance to work on my Intarsia  project. Been working on getting our bedroom ready to put down new hardwood floor. Had to rip out the old carpet and padding, paint the walls, repair some of the trim and replace the hardware on the doors-you know-fun stuff that comes with home ownership. I did have a chance to do a bit more design work on the pattern. got the routing done for the frame inlays  and got the first of the little fairies cut and glued together. .92 pieces from 16 woods and counting. 

Glad all is well and just sidetracked with other responsibilities. Now back to the fun stuff.

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Got the little rainbow blank all cut and glued up. Made from 7 bandsaw cut strips 3/16"T x1/32" W x 4" L. In order to make the arc on these delicate strips without breaking, I had to use my homemade wood bending iron. By adding heat and pressure over the length of the strip it allows me to bend the pieces without breaking or splintering and makes the glue-up much easier. 99 pieces from 16 woods . To be continued !!