Australiana Patterns
This dramatic design is a lot easier than it may look at first glance.
It is made up of 4 separate layers each of which is easy to make but combine to make a stunning intarsia.
- The man himself. Those sunnies avoid any intricate detail around the eyes as well as making him look "real cool"
- Handlebars, fuel tank and engine...
This design is a lot easier than it may look at first glance.
The face is cut from one piece of timber which is divided up to give all those wrinkles. As they were cut from one piece of timber they will all fit back together again beautifully.
The perfect joins between the different coloured woods in the beard are done with...
A challenging project but by building it in layers it is not quite so difficult as it may first appear.
Make a picture frame and place the background in it.
Glue the completed cottage on top of the background. Then make separately
- flowers
- grass ...
Koalas...
Wombats are nocturnal so this old fellow is relaxing in the light of the moon. Hence the dark sky and the bright orb...
Up North to us antipodeans but South Pacific to the rest of the world.
Intarsia is much easier and more effective if it is built in layers rather than in-laying the foreground bits into the background bits. Easy is good.
So following this principle the palm trees are stuck on top of the sky.
This design will give you the opportunity to...
This design also uses layering which makes it a lot easier than it looks.
The layers are made separately and glued on top of each other.
- The mirror frame. This...
Also known as the Bushman's Clock which you will understand if you have heard them calling in the morning.
This has been one of my most successful designs. I've made a lot of this intarsia and sold a lot. Consequently this pattern is particularly detailed.
The bird is made separately and glued on top of the branch and frame.
The actual colours of a real life Palm Cockatoo are very dark grey or black with crimson cheeks.
I've taken a few artistic liberties with the colours. And you can too. With any of the designs. Just don't forget that contrast is good.
One of our...
This is one of Australia's lesser known, but extremely attractive, marsupials.
The Numbat or Banded Anteater is the faunal emblem of the state of Western Australia.
The stripes and the fluffy tail are both easy to replicate with intarsia. Double cutting makes short work of those stripes.
I remember being very pleasantly surprised after completing the first prototype. It had worked out...
A distinguished Aussie Elder outlined against the setting sun.
A beautiful study in the use of light and shade. Who would think that light forehead and nose would work on this subject. But it does. The advantage of working on the design with a true artist
Although there seem to be a large number of pieces it's not that bad. Much of...
But this is still a project that even...
But not in this intarsia where I have used natural timber colours. Green coloured wood I don't know about.
Layered construction simplifies the project and gives it a nice 3D feel.
Glue the flowers and stalk on...
You haven't had a decent trip to the bush unless you've been chased by one.
Although there is some detail around the hands and feet it's not as bad as it first seems. The hands and feet are cut out of one piece of wood so everything fits back together again easily.
The background...
This Dechchair Kangaroo project, included in the book Intarsia Down Under, introduces the idea of using the third dimension in intarsia.
This is as...
All the individual pieces can be cut out of one larger piece of timber which guarantees that everything fits together beautifully.
Certainly not XXXX.
(For those non-Queenslanders, Fourex is one of our popular beers. So called because locals can't spell beer.)
We have made and sold many Lazy Koalas so this plan is...