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A very 'TEAK' African Elephant Intarsia


FrankEV

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36 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said:

...I did go back to look closer at the grain. Not sure what you would have done differently...

The grain in the left side ears are oreinted diagonally top to bottom right to left.  Due to the wood size I had, I could not oreient the grain in the right side ear in the opposite diagonal.  Thw wood coloration is stronger than the grain so, as I said, not noticable to an untrained eye.

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1 hour ago, rjweb said:

...how long have you been doing intarsia...

I did my first "real" Intarsia piece this past July.  Shortly thereafter, I made a bunch of painted Christmas segmented pieces for my family.  I used Intarsia techniques to make the segmental pieces more sculptured. Since then I have done a few more Intarsia pieces...this Elephant is number 6.  Each was a learning experience.   Unlike my SS flat Art Panel projects that I would have multiple project working at the same time (i.e.; cutting, painting, framing, etc.), complicated Intarsia pieces, like this African Elephant, takes a lot more time to produce a finished piece, and so far I can only manage one at a time.

 

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23 hours ago, FrankEV said:

The grain in the left side ears are oreinted diagonally top to bottom right to left.  Due to the wood size I had, I could not oreient the grain in the right side ear in the opposite diagonal.  Thw wood coloration is stronger than the grain so, as I said, not noticable to an untrained eye.

Beautiful job Frank!  I did not notice the right ear / left ear thing until you mentioned it.  

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