Honey Bee intarsia

[Bzern]

This is my 4th intarsia using the first pattern I have made so far. I made it for my grandfathers birthday, he raises honey bees and woodworks, I thought this wood be fitting. It has 42 intarsia pieces (mostly in the legs), and 2 fretwork wings. I am pleased how it turned out and now I have more confidence in my pattern making, I used Adobe Illustrator for the pattern. sorry if the picture isn't great, used iPhone camera. I used yellow heart and walnut, I am ashamed to admit it, but I didn't have any ebony so I ended up spray painting yellow heart to make the eyes. I used two coats of a wipe on urethane for the intarsia pieces, I was going to try to use a mix of danish oil and beeswax because it is a bee, but I didn't want to risk it, the urethane is tried and true. I applied two coats of thick coat spray lacquer to the wings, and two coats to the body. I used a two part clear epoxy that took about 16 hours to dry for the eyes to give them extra shine. Hope you like it.

Thanks,

Ben

[Tdub4ever]

Great work Ben, love it! Don

[jdbcarving]

well done! Looks great.

Jim B

[robbert100]

looks realy nice good work

[amazingkevin]

Seeing is BEElieving! A real work of art.Great pin on for a blouse or shirt.

[gator]

thats really nice i love it. thanks for sharing

[Bzern]

Thanks for all the kind words, I gave it to my grandfather earlier today, he liked it.

 

Thanks,

Ben

[spirithorse]

Very nice pattern and very nice results on the intarsia.

God Bless! Spirithorse

[Camero68]

Looking real and great !!!