Another photo of the island cove intarsia piece that I recently finished.

[Tj Brown]

Another photo of the island cove intarsia piece that I recently finished. It was presented to its owner this last Thursday 6/29/23. The original design came from Bruce Worthington and I changed it some to get the look I wanted. Since I've had numerous people ask what woods I used, I thought I would post it again with a list.

1. African padauk- Red top half of background

2. Cherry-Brown lower half of background and frame

3. Western red cedar-Different shades for beach, background behind trees, sailboat mast and around top of boat.

4. Walnut-Palm trees and shadow inside boat.

5. Maple-Refection of boat in water.

6. Beetle killed pine-Water

7. Poplar-Different shades for vegetation around base of trees.

8. Catalpa-Palm fronds.

9. Spalted hickory-Gathering storm clouds

10. Aspen-Sail and body of boat.

Edited July 3, 2023 by Tj Brown
Correction

[Scrappile]

That is an awesome picture.  You have a good eye for picking colors just like a painter has to have when painting pictures.  

[FrankEV]

Thank you for listing the woods you used.  With that verity, It kind of makes me wonder how much stock of various woods do you have and how do you obtain such a veriety to choose from?  Kowing the price of the various exotic wood available from Ocooch, it must take a fairly large outlay to get started.   Would love to know more about this subject.

I have not attempted any Intarsia, but it reminds me a lot of work my Dad did many years ago (maybe close to 40 years ago) called Marquetry, with the major difference is that in Intarsia you add depth and sculpture to your work.   I know back then he used to buy his vaneers in large variety packs so he had lots and lots of choices.  However, I also remember how he would complain that, with all the coices he had, he could not find a piece that gave him the color ot grain he needed.   I suspect some of that is the same for your work. 

Edited July 2, 2023 by FrankEV

[MarieC]

Tj, Awesome!  just darn beautiful!

[Tj Brown]

8 hours ago, FrankEV said:

Thank you for listing the woods you used.  With that verity, It kind of makes me wonder how much stock of various woods do you have and how do you obtain such a veriety to choose from?  Kowing the price of the various exotic wood available from Ocooch, it must take a fairly large outlay to get started.   Would love to know more about this subject.

I have not attempted any Intarsia, but it reminds me a lot of work my Dad did many years ago (maybe close to 40 years ago) called Marquetry, with the major difference is that in Intarsia you add depth and sculpture to your work.   I know back then he used to buy his vaneers in large variety packs so he had lots and lots of choices.  However, I also remember how he would complain that, with all the coices he had, he could not find a piece that gave him the color ot grain he needed.   I suspect some of that is the same for your work. 

I have been collecting different woods for about 35 years. I was a logger for 17 years. All told I probably have 10-20 thousand dollars' worth of wood stuck back. My family has sawmill that I get my local hardwoods and when I travel, I look up and visit people with sawmills. I also visit different wood stores in my travels. Luckily for me, I also have a friend that has a local woodwork store that stocks exotic woods. Whenever I go to east Tennesse I always visit Jeffries Wood Works and buy a load as well. Never can have too much wood.

[Peter N White]

Really great work owner will be happy i'm sure.

[daveww1]

beautiful job

[Dak0ta52]

Awesome piece, TJ.