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At Normaswoodart.com Intarsia is more than an ancient wood art in which the design and construction of decorative and pictorial mosaics are achieved by layering precious and exotic materials into or onto a base of solid wood- artisan Norma Jeanrie has made Intarsia her passion.
Norma makes her Intarsia respecting the basic principals-developing each mosaic picture with numerous varieties of exotic wood, placing them together strategically so as to design a beautiful art form that needs no additional coloring to compliment the rainbow of colors available in wood-at the same time bringing her own distinctive flavor to each piece.
At Normaswoodart you will find top quality Intarsia-each piece being made one at time, with artisan Norma Jeanrie hand selecting each wood type and individual piece for their rich color, texture and overall quality. Artisan Norma Jeanrie not only hand picks her individual woods, she also hand shapes each and every piece for her projects-with some Wall Plaques consisting of over 200 pieces, all of which will all require hand shaping and hand sanding. After the preliminary hand shaping and hand sanding is done, Norma begins putting all the pieces together on a backing-where the mosaic Wall Plaque really comes to life. Once each mosaic is ready for their protective coating to be applied, Norma gives each design a minimum of 5 topcoats of varnish(with sanding between each coat)-then puts a finishing touch on each Intarsia composition with a glistening coat of her special wood appropriate wax.
Normaswoodart additionally invites you to look at our Intarsia Wood Art Ornaments of which we have dozens of beautifully crafted wood art designs that include something for every taste palette. Intarsia Ornaments are extra special because all colors in the design come entirely from the natural wood grain of each type of wood. Wood comes in several colors of the rainbow-including Holy in a creamy white, Tulip wood in a variegated cream with distinctive red stripes , Ebony wood in a rich black, Chatekok is a deep red, and Purple Heart wood in a delicious purple. The color assortment available is endless due to each piece having its own unique hue that afford an awesome array of color combinations. Intarsia Ornaments are not to be mistaken with our Segmentation Ornaments-Intarsia pieces consist of several varieties of wood joined together in order to form the overall picture, whereas our Segmentation Ornaments are cut from one solid piece of wood which is then painted or dyed individual colors and put back together to make each particular picture.
When it comes to Intarsia-the best way to make each piece-from an intoxicating Wildlife Wall Plaque to a extra cute snowman Ornament-come alive is to raise up individual areas of the picture to give it an amazing 3-D effect. Norma's experience of nearly 7 years is evident in her ability to draw you into a piece of her Intarsia wood art, evoking emotion deep inside you as you drink in her interpretation of each design. At Normaswoodart, wood becomes art!