intarsia: 1) a mosaic of wood fitted and glued into a wooden support popular in 15th century Italy for decoration 2) Judy Gale Roberts

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  • We are gradually getting the site together!

    April 3, 2013

    I didn’t realize just how many items we had on the site until we started putting this new site together. It’s like working with Intarsia, looking at a photo it’s hard to imagine the number of pieces a project can have until you start cutting and sanding each piece. Then after you finish the project [...]

  • Using Sanding Shims

    March 29, 2013

    My father and I didn’t start out using sanding shims when we created large intarsia projects for commercial installations. We would sand one piece, put it back in place and mark where it joined the next part. Then try to sand the next part down to the line as close as possible. It was years [...]

  • Pattern Preparation and Layout

    October 1, 2012

    Carbon pattern? Tracing? Copies? How many copies? Cut pattern pieces out?Master pattern? Repositionable Glue Stick? Spray adhesive? Xyron Machine? Making Copies of Pattern: Keep your original pattern as your Master Copy. Usually 7 copies is enough, be sure you get all the copies you think you will need at the same time. Settings on commercial [...]