Man in the Moon

[barb.j.enders]

Finished another intarsia piece.  I am so glad that patterns are just suggestions!!!  This pattern came from the SSWC #71.  This is mostly poplar.  The eye has some walnut & two other mystery woods.  The lips are two separate mystery woods.  Finished with one coat of shellac then topped with the beeswax butter!  The Poplar is from the stuff I bought this spring and had cupped.  The tips of the moon are on the cupped edge, but I thought it worked with the moon.  I really liked the grey markings in the wood.

[rjweb]

Another beautiful piece Barb , RJ

[Charlie E]

Nice job!

[daveww1]

great job

[TAIrving]

Very nice!  Watching your posts is inspiring me to try my hand at intarsia.  Maybe soon.  

[JessL]

Love that.  I'm with TAIrving, really want to try intarsia but not there yet.  Keep inspiring us.......   

[wombatie]

Love it.  Excellent work Barb.

Marg

[barb.j.enders]

Thank you all for the very kind and encouraging words.  

For @TAIrving and @JessL it has taken me more than 10 years to attempt the Intarsia route.  I hate sanding and this take a lot of sanding.  However, the sanding reveals a new look in the piece.  Not just to "smooth" it out for a finish.

[JessL]

26 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said:

Thank you all for the very kind and encouraging words.  

For @TAIrving and @JessL it has taken me more than 10 years to attempt the Intarsia route.  I hate sanding and this take a lot of sanding.  However, the sanding reveals a new look in the piece.  Not just to "smooth" it out for a finish.

Ok good, I got time. LOL

It is the sanding that is stopping me so far.  It seems that you need some artistic ability to sand the pieces into the best shape to make it look nice.  I'll get there, eventually.

[Denny Knappen]

That is sure a beautiful project.

[Gonzo]

Very cool! I too like the gray. Isn’t it fun when you’re sanding/forming a piece how it changes the look of the wood?
I’m currently working on the beagle in the basket, and I had to re-make the basket because the grain in the cedar was “all over the place” when I started contouring it. To me, the contouring of the wood is a fun challenge.
Again, I think that is a cool and awesome piece!! I’ll have to put it on my to do list. 

[JJB]

Very nice work barb!

[barb.j.enders]

14 hours ago, Gonzo said:

Very cool! I too like the gray. Isn’t it fun when you’re sanding/forming a piece how it changes the look of the wood?
I’m currently working on the beagle in the basket, and I had to re-make the basket because the grain in the cedar was “all over the place” when I started contouring it. To me, the contouring of the wood is a fun challenge.
Again, I think that is a cool and awesome piece!! I’ll have to put it on my to do list. 

It is interesting, I didn't want to do intarsia because I hate sanding.  The sanding in intarsia seems to be a different beast!  It is fascinating to see what is under that top layer.  It is bringing out something different instead of "just sanding".

[rdatelle]

That came out great Barb.

[Me and my buddy]

awesome! wish i had that in my room!

[barb.j.enders]

15 hours ago, Me and my buddy said:

awesome! wish i had that in my room!

You could, for a mere $100 plus shipping!!