indian chief

[Clayton717]

Here is my latest intarsia project and the last of my by Christmas orders. the pattern is from the berry basket collection. I enlarged it a bit and left some out. The customer just wanted the head without the background. I made the shirt a little bigger to get the lettering on it. It's the school his dad went to and this was their mascot(close to it). Its about 22 x 14. made from cottonwood, walnut, aspen, cherry, butternut, alder, wenge, curly maple, yellowheart, sycamore, and aromatic red cedar(lettering).

[wombatie]

Great work Clayton. How long did it take to make? I keep promising myself that one day I will try a small intarsia piece but I never seem to get around to it.

 

Marg

[WigWag Workshop]

Outstanding Work Great selection of woods, they all look nice pieced together. Thank You for sharing.

 

Steven

[Vector01]

Excellent cut and fit

[amazingkevin]

and a partreidge in a pear tree,Man that was an exsausting list of woods used,I'll bet the outcome had to be spectacular.You are the leader in intarsias.Congradulations on another exquisitely fabricated project!

[Oges]

Fantastic work on that Clayton, the Chief has come out looking great

[toolbeltman]

Nice piece of work on that one Clayton..thanks for sharing it with us...

Doug

[Clayton717]

Great work Clayton. How long did it take to make? I keep promising myself that one day I will try a small intarsia piece but I never seem to get around to it.

 

Marg

 

It took me just over 9 hours, not including time on appling the finish(4 coats)

 

Thanks for all the great comments

[Dan]

Great wok there Clayton.

[Lucky2]

That's an exquisite bit of work Clayton,may I ask how much something like this would sell for? Intarsia is something that I've never tried, it would be cost prohibitive around here to buy the wood even if it could be found.And besides that I despise sanding.If you don't want to disclose the price that's fine,I'm just being curious and I know some people are not comfortable talking about how much they charge.Thank you very much for showing this to us.

Len

[amazingkevin]

My guess is $300.00

[Clayton717]

That's an exquisite bit of work Clayton,may I ask how much something like this would sell for?

Len

Thanks,

Len I made this for a friend/coworker and charged him $85. It's a gift for his dad. I don't try to get rich from my work, as long as I make enough to buy my supplies and wood. I have been told many times I am to cheap, but I enjoy what I'm doing. I have a rate I use to figure time, and charge for the wood by species in boardfeet. The way I look at it is, I already have a full time job, this is my hobby as long as I can make money to support my hobby I'm fine with it.

[Barry5180]

Clayton, I love looking at your work. This is another fantastic piece. I have the same attitude as you when it comes to charging for my work. As long as my hobby can support itself, I'm happy. I usually tack on a little bit for profit to use for upgrades and such, but otherwise I usually only charge for materials.

 

Barry

[Clayton717]

Thanks Barry.

and to any others I didn't thank for all the great comments. I gave it to the customer and he loved it, now to see if his dad will like it.