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#1 ·
The Eyes Have It

Inspired by the work of Patron I have recently rescued my bandsaw from its dusty corner of the workshop and have produced this pattern. I intend to use it as a box top but might just frame it and hang it on a wall as a picture. I think it looks like a pair of eyes, hence the title.

Heres how its made

1. Take four square slices of timber; Ebony, Purpleheart, Yew and Sycamore of identical size.
2. Tape them together with double sided tape.
3. Cut your pattern.
4. Mix and match to create a pattern.
5. In this case the resulting pattern was sliced again to duplicate it.
6. Glue to a base board.
7. Finish. Sanding sealer with wax topcoat, to preserve colour and brightness contrast

 
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#4 ·
Nice pattern. I have been thinking about try some absrtact art for some boxes. After seeing the last couple of boxes on here, I think I will give it a try in the near future.
 
#6 ·
Thats it I've decided, after consulting she who must be obeyed, to hang this on the wall as is. Could this become a trend?

Mike (stefang), yes that cross-cut Sycamore does it for me, everytime.

Martyn
 
#7 ·
works every time !

you honor me ,
but you honor yourself even more ,

working outside your comfort zone !

frame it ,
it will have more character .
 
#9 ·
Tiger Tiger

Outside my comfort zone again. This is my second experiment with the bandsaw and patterns.

Materials are Yew and Ebony. The patterns are about 50×120mm and 7mm thick.

They're more like Tiger and Anti-Tiger as one is obviously the negative of the other.

Can't make my mind up whether to make two individual boxes or slap them together lengthways to make one long pattern for something like a pencil box.

Front side

Back side

Side by side


Or I could slice them through the thickness and make two pencil boxes. Decisions, decisions.

Well I couldn't resist it. I split the patterns. A bit like cloning



So two pencil boxes with sliding lids here we come.
 
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