Paul The Maker

It's DONE! Year 8 of this labour of love is finally ready for it's full unveiling and available for purchase. This one-of-a-kind handmade intarsia 'Boar of Wisdom' artwork is made with various different species of wood, selected for their vibrant natural colours. Each piece of purpleheart, padauk, pau amarello, walnut, maple, and ebony is meticulously hand cut, sanded, and placed. It is based on the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival 2026 Logo. Based on original artwork by the fabulous 🌀Linda Wiebe🌀 . The custom designed and handmade frame is walnut, inlayed with an elemental 'earth' motif made with pau amarello, padauk, purpleheart, and walnut.

Ready to hang. Approx. 24½" x 20½"
$2250 +tax

Unfortunately I am not going to be a vendor in the Festival Artisan Village this year. Feel free to contact me to arrange to see it or if you have any questions.

https://paulthemaker.ca/products/goderich-celtic-roots-festival-2026-boar-of-wisdom-intarsia-artwork

15% of the sale price will be donated to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival.

Price does not include tax or shipping. Contact me for shipping quote or other delivery options.

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It's DONE! Year 8 of this labour of love is finally ready for it's full unveiling and available for purchase. This one-of-a-kind handmade intarsia 'Boar of Wisdom' artwork is made with various different species of wood, selected for their vibrant natural colours. Each piece of purpleheart, padauk, pau amarello, walnut, maple, and ebony is meticulously hand cut, sanded, and placed. It is based on the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College 2026 Logo. Based on original artwork by the fabulous Linda Wiebe Artist. The custom designed and handmade frame is walnut, inlayed with an elemental 'earth' motif made with pau amarello, padauk, purpleheart, and walnut.

Ready to hang. Approx. 24½" x 20½"
$2250 +tax

Unfortunately I am not going to be a vendor in the Festival Artisan Village this year. Feel free to contact me to arrange to see it or if you have any questions.

https://paulthemaker.ca/products/goderich-celtic-roots-festival-2026-boar-of-wisdom-intarsia-artwork

15% of the sale price will be donated to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival.

Price does not include tax or shipping. Contact me for shipping quote or other delivery options.

Tonight's (Wednesday 6 August) Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College FREE evening concerts are moving indoors to Lakeshore United Church at 1930.

Check out my previous posts (or my website) for more details about my painstakingly handmade intarsia artworks based on the festival logo.

https://paulthemaker.ca/

With Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College arriving in town today, here's a look back at the 7 years that I have been making my intarsia pieces based on the always fantastic original artwork by Linda Wiebe Artist. I recent years Linda has based her designs on each of the four fundamental elements of air, water, earth, and fire. For last year and this year I decided to have a unified frame design with an inlayed motif of the year's chosen element. I'm hoping the tradition continues for the next two years so I will have made a set of the four elements.

These intarsia artworks are made by hand cutting each piece using various species of wood chosen for their naturally vibrant colours. There is no stain or paint used. Each piece is then painstakingly sanded, shaped, and fit together in an intricate puzzle. Each one takes over 100 hours and I have sanded off fingerprints whilst trying to hold onto tiny pieces at the sander, glued fingers together countless times, and spent way too much time searching for tiny pieces amongst the sawdust on my shop floor after they have flung themselves across the room in a bid for freedom from the sander!

This year's and last year's pieces are available for purchase. Buy both and we'll negotiate a deal! I will have the Goose and the Phoenix on display at my booth at the festival again this year but feel free to contact me to arrange a viewing if you're interested.

As ever, 15% of the sale price will be donated to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College.

2025 Celtic Goose Taking Flight
$2250 +tax
https://paulthemaker.ca/products/goderich-celtic-roots-festival-2025-celtic-goose-taking-flight-intarsia-artwork

2024 Rising Phoenix
Reduced price $1900 +tax (Originally $2250)
https://paulthemaker.ca/products/goderich-celtic-roots-festival-2024-rising-phoenix-intarsia-artwork

Year 7. It's finally done!

This one-of-a-kind handmade intarsia 'Celtic Goose Taking Flight' artwork is made with various different species of wood, selected for their vibrant natural colours. Each piece of purpleheart, padauk, pau amarello, walnut, maple, and ebony is meticulously hand cut, sanded, and placed. It is based on the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College 2025 Logo. Based on original artwork by the fabulous Linda Wiebe Artist

The custom designed and handmade frame is walnut, inlayed with an elemental 'air' motif made with pau amarello, padauk, and purpleheart.

Ready to hang. Approx 24½" x 20½"
$2250.

I will have this piece on display for sale at this year's festival. Also feel free to contact me to arrange to see it or if you have any questions.

https://paulthemaker.ca/products/goderich-celtic-roots-festival-2025-celtic-goose-taking-flight-intarsia-artwork

15% of the sale price will be donated to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival.

Price does not include tax or shipping. Contact me for shipping quote or other delivery options.

It's almost ready to take flight...this year's Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College intarsia is almost finished and will soon be available to buy. Watch this space for more.

Work on this year's Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College intarsia only got started about 2 weeks ago, having been too busy with things at The Livery Theatre • Goderich Little Theatre. I've barely spent any time in my shop recently, so it's been nice to put the earphones in and catch up on some podcasts while slaving away over the scrollsaw. As ever though, it's going to be a mad dash to the finish line.

I don't do much PaulTheMaker-ing anymore but enjoyed getting an email this morning with this picture attached. One of my JuniorMaker Birdhouse Kits providing a home for this little bird with a beautiful view of the Teton mountains in Wyoming!

Now on display at Cait's Cafe

This one-of-a-kind handmade intarsia 'Rising Phoenix' artwork is made with various different species of wood, selected for their vibrant natural colours. Each piece of purpleheart, padauk, pau amarello, walnut, maple, and ebony is meticulously hand cut, sanded, and placed. It is based on the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and College 2024 Logo. Based on original artwork by the fabulous Linda Wiebe Artist.

The custom designed and handmade frame is walnut, inlayed with a fire motif made with pau amarello, padauk, and purpleheart.

Ready to hang. Approx 24½" x 20½"
$2250.

https://paulthemaker.ca/products/goderich-celtic-roots-festival-2024-rising-phoenix-intarsia-artwork

15% of the sale price will be donated to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival.

Price does not include tax or shipping. Contact me for shipping quote or other delivery options.