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WHAT IS INTARSIA? It is a mosaic of wood, fitted and glued into a wooden support. The ancient art of intarsia inspired both marquetry and wood-inlay and works of this sort are found in ancient histories as far back as the eighth century. Intarsia was originally made by sinking shapes into a rep-arranged design, the hollows then being filled with pieces of different coloured woods. Today, Sidlaw Woodcrafts uses a whole range of hardwoods and its aim is to show the qualities of the materials with which it is working, to best advantage. In the designs, some of the pieces are raised to give a 3D effect to the plaques and special dyes are sometimes used to further enhance the designs which have been specially chosen to give pleasure. |
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of the hardwoods used in the making of the plaques are:-ash, elm, sycamore, padouk, American black walnut, cherry, whengie, purple heart, mahogany, teak, American oak, British oak, bubinga, chestnut and many more All the hardwoods used in my plaques have been kiln dried to a level where they will neither shrink nor crack when hung in the warmth of a home. |