Wildlife Intarsia: A Step-By-Step Guide to Making 3-Dimensional Wooden Portraits

by Jerry Booher and Judy Gale Roberts

The names Judy Gale Roberts and Jerry Booher are synonymous with intarsia. In their latest book, the noted authors bring you 14 exciting portraits of some of the most popular examples North American wildlife. Regardless of your skill level, you'll learn the secrets of creating these fascinating wooden inlay projects-plus tips on adding texture to the finished piece in order to simulate fur Getting started: learn the basic skills needed to create...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565232828
• ISBN13: 9781565232822
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

wildlife intarsia book

This is an excellent book for intarsia patterns. I have made many projects using this books patterns. A must have for anyone with a scroll saw.

An excellent introduction to Intarsia

This is an excellent book on intarsia. The introduction is basic and clear, going over wood choices, various tools, pattern preparation and various techniques to shape and sculpt the wood. It also goes over gluing and finishing. One valuable technique they explain is the use of sanding shims which allows multiple pieces of wood to be sanded into one smooth cohesive shape. There are fourteen animal portraits in the book. They are, bald eagle, mustang, moose, burro, polar bear, red fox, arctic wolf, bobcat, buffalo, white tailed deer, jack rabbit, big horn ram, raccoon, and wolf. The bald eagle pattern is followed by a step by step photo demonstration on how to make it. The mustang and moose also have demonstrations following them. From there the level of instruction fades quickly to footnotes, but by then everything is explained. The patterns are extraordinary. I am familiar with the look of various animals and choosy about animal art, but aside from several very minor lines I would tweak (because I am nit-picky) I am satisfied. Each is true to the actual animal and nicely designed. The book has two minor drawbacks, both related to the patterns. There are no patterns for the sanding shims for each design. Though there are small photos of the shapes of the sanding shims, so a little calculation should be enough to replicate them. The second drawback is that most of the patterns seem to be on the simpler side of intermediate, or just intermediate. There are no simple beginner patterns, and there are none that would challenge experts. But with the clear instructions, a reasonably determined novice with some experience on a scroll saw (like me, my first pattern from this book nearly finished) should be successful. And experts will probably appreciate the skillfully designed patterns. So I couldn't let this detract from the rating. Another book is Kathy Wise's Intarsia Woodworking Projects: 21 Original Designs with Full-Size Plans and Expert Instruction for All Skill Levels (A Scroll Saw, Woodworking & Crafts Book) which also has good writing and has good patterns for all skill levels. This is preferable for raw beginners or an advanced scroller looking for a fearsome challenge. But if you like wild animal portraits and want to make them in Intarsia, this is your book.

Great book

This is one more great book of Judy Gale Roberts & Jerry Booher work. I allready have all the previous ones and there's allways something new to learn.