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I picked up a few nice blocks of spalted maple and spalted birch on ebay. When I bookmatched cut the birch I used on this table top I found this knot. It was quite punky and needed to be hardened with some ca glue and needed some walnut filler to plug holes. Between the knot and the black spalt lines it gave me this Owl or Insect face image.
It measures 11” by 12” and 29” H. The base is Walnut.
7 coats of WaterLox with 2000 grit wet sandings in between.
I finished off the table top with several coats of gloss poly.
Thanks for looking.
-- Ron,R.A.Shepard Woodworking,Massachusetts
13 comments so far
lew
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posted 286 days ago
Gorgeous Table.
Love the “Owl Face” and the choice of wood combinations!
Good Luck in the contest.
Lew
tinnman65
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posted 286 days ago
Very nice work, thanks for posting
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HIsurferMoe
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posted 286 days ago
the first thing i saw was woody woodpecker…nice work…beautiful
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BarryW
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posted 285 days ago
Very unique…beautiful wood..and great book matching.
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Dusty56
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posted 285 days ago
That’s a great little table and the top is awesome too : )
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 285 days ago
Very nice, I love what nature can do, & you took advantage of its offer.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 285 days ago
wise old owl or evil mosquito? I’ll take the owl please!! :)
Nicely “seen” and created.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 285 days ago
With proboscis like that, I think it’s a MN Mosquito!
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Gary
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posted 285 days ago
Boy oh boy, that’s nice.
Cheers,
Gary
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Grumpy
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posted 285 days ago
Great job Ron. Excellent piece of wood.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Mark A. DeCou
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posted 284 days ago
great way to showcase a cool looking board.
M
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David A. P.
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posted 272 days ago
Excellent use of what the tree provided! Inspirational.
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steiner
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I love owls. That’s an owl if I ever saw one!
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