Yin Yang Intarsia Lesson


Thank you to Sue Walker and Fox Chapel Publication for crediting my original yin yang Intarsia pattern in the fall 2010 issue of
Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine! She started with my simple pattern and transformed it into a beautiful and wonderful coaster set project. You can find her article on page 22 of SSW&C's issue 40.

Feel free to download and try your hand at Intarsia with my original "Introduction to Intarsia: Lesson 1" instructional that inspired Sue -->here<--!








Here are 3 pictures from the mixed Open class portion of the competition. I was the only lightweight posing against a middleweight and a light-heavyweight competitor.

The first picture is a rear double-bicep pose down of us 3 competitors.

The second picture is a front abdominal pose of us 3 competitors.

The thrid picture is the front double-bicep pose with our awards.

I won first place in the Open class. There was an initial tie between me and Robert Porzio, the light-heavyweight. The rules to determine a tie-breaker is to remove the highest and lowest score from each of our judging cards then add up our points from the remaining scores. My secondary scores were valued higher, placing me in the first place spot. You should have seen the look of surprise on my face when they called my name out as the winner. That shot down my opinion that lightweights never win over heavyweights.