walnut bear

This bear is made with 3/4 in. walnut, I like using walnut for some reason when you walk past it the dark parts turn light and the light parts turn dark.

walnut bear

This bear is made of 3/4in. walnut with maple for the teeth and is on barn wood I make 3 sizes of this one.

moose

This moose is made from butter nut for the antlers, 1/4 in. thick, the body is walnut 3/4 in. thick

Wilson's Wildlife Wood Art

This blog "http://wilsonsintarsia.blogspot.com/" is oriented around intarsia wood art, a form of wood inlay that is hand crafted 3d wood art, done with a scroll-saw, band-saw made from many individual pieces of hardwoods softwoods and finished in lacquer. If you enjoy wildlife please feel free to enter my blog and leave me a comment.

my patterns for intarsia wood art can be obtained from
Judy Gale Roberts, Garnett Hall, Robert Hlavacek Sr.

Thank you and enjoy your surfing.

The Ancient Art of Intarsia

Intarsia is the making of decorative pictures by laying various natural woods into groundwork of solid wood. Through the centuries craftsman have created beautiful works of art from wood. Intarsia is seen in the history of ancient Egypt, Persia, eight-century Japan and Imperial Rome. However the Sienese of Italy are the most noted for their work with carvings dating back to the 13th century. However since intarsia is so labor intensive, it was primarily found in the homes of the elite. Over time intarsia became a lost art; However, in recent years, due to the modernization of man and equipment, intarsia has again became extremely popular.