WHAT IS INTARSIA?

Intarsia comes from a 15th century Italian art form.  It was orginally practiced as a pictorial inlay, similar to marquetry, applied to paneling and furniture.  

Today's intarsia creates a true 3-dimensional art form of realistic landscape, still life or animal imagery. 

Tom the Sawyer has perfected this rarely used art form in his wood designs.  He uses many different kinds of North American, South American, African and Asian hardwoods, such as, but not limited to, red cedar, aspen, mahogany, purpleheart, rosewood, poplar and walnut, so he can obtain different colors, hues and shading to complete each unique piece of art.  Truly no two pieces are alike, with each design a custom piece!