Intarsia Workbook: Learning Intarsia Woodworking Through 8 Progressive Step-by-Step Projects

by Judy Gale Roberts, Jerry Booher

Overview

Stunning intarsia artwork may look intimidating, but now it's easier than ever! Using this skill-building guide from Intarsia experts Judy Gale Roberts and Jerry Booher, you will learn to slowly build your skills as you create impressive intarsia scroll saw projects. First, you will start with a simple project using one shade of wood. As you proceed through the chapters, you will learn to add additional detail, shades of wood, and directions of grain. By the time you have completed the book, you will have mastered the skills necessary to tackle any intarsia project with confidence!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565232266
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/22/2003
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Judy Gale Roberts is widely recognized as the driving force behind the revival of intarsia as a popular art form. She is largely responsible for reviving intarsia from the 15th century and leading its international resurgence. Judy began creating intarsia pieces in the 1970s and has been inducted into WOOD magazine's Woodworking Hall of Fame. She is co-author of several intarsia books, including Wildlife Intarsia; Intarsia Workbook; Easy to Make Inlay Wood Projects Intarsia; Intarsia Artistry in Wood; and Small Intarsia. Judy teaches intarsia classes at her studio in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, and presents intarsia seminars throughout the country.

Part of the creative team that reinvented modern intarsia, Jerry Booher is co-author of several intarsia books, including Wildlife Intarsia; Intarsia Workbook; Easy to Make Inlay Wood Projects Intarsia; Intarsia Artistry in Wood; and Small Intarsia.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Project One
Bow 4
Project Two
Bow and Bells 20
Project Three
Whale 30
Project Four
Sea Gull in Flight 42
Project Five
Sea Gull Landing 54
Project Six
Chicken Pair 62
Project Seven
Apple with Worm 72
Project Eight
Hot Air Balloon 82