Santa Gnome

[TAIrving]

Will also post in the Intarsia forum.  

[daveww1]

nice job

[Scrappile]

Cute little fella!  

[MarieC]

He is soooo cute!  What type of woods did you use?

[TAIrving]

7 hours ago, MarieC said:

He is soooo cute!  What type of woods did you use?

Thanks @MarieC.  I used Bloodwood, Black Walnut and Myrtle.  The Myrtle I am not sure about but the friend who gave it to me called it that and said it came from the Pacific NW.  His son is a woodworker who lives in Oregon and that is where it came from.

I was not overly happy with the natural colors and enhanced them all.  I used a red dye on the Bloodwood to make it a little redder.  And I ebonized the Walnut to make it a little blacker.  I bleached the Myrtle for the beard and trim pieces to make it whiter.  And I used a very light coat of brown dye on Myrtle for the nose.  So the purists can complain that it is not real intarsia, but I am happy with the end effect.  

[MarieC]

2 hours ago, TAIrving said:

Thanks @MarieC.  I used Bloodwood, Black Walnut and Myrtle.  The Myrtle I am not sure about but the friend who gave it to me called it that and said it came from the Pacific NW.  His son is a woodworker who lives in Oregon and that is where it came from.

I was not overly happy with the natural colors and enhanced them all.  I used a red dye on the Bloodwood to make it a little redder.  And I ebonized the Walnut to make it a little blacker.  I bleached the Myrtle for the beard and trim pieces to make it whiter.  And I used a very light coat of brown dye on Myrtle for the nose.  So the purists can complain that it is not real intarsia, but I am happy with the end effect.  

Wow, you did a fantastic job with the way you colored it.  Very well done!

[rjweb]

You did a good job, RJ

[wombatie]

Very cute.  Love it.

Marg