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This was my entry in the recent "Shop Art" swap. It went to RichCMD who as luck would have it already has a maritime theme to his place…... how lucky is that.

My first attempt at monochrome was this same ship albeit smaller on the chart boxes that I posted a couple of years ago. I liked it but thought I could do it better a little bigger. I'm quite happy with the way it came out.

So what is monochrome? It is marquetry cut all from the same piece of veneer leaving the sand shading as the only element distinguishing the pieces from each other. If you look closely you can see the grain flowing right through the picture.

All the veneer is from a small stack of sequenced Olive burl that I was given a few years ago and it was stack cut on the chevalet. The only fastening is hot hide glue (of course).

Great swap, great art, and well organized. Thanks Mark and everyone who participated.

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Paul, this is very impressive. Never seen that type of marquetry before, I like it. Kind of like wood burning but more subtle.
 

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Love it! Your work never disappoints.
Roger
 

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Oh Wow!

The subtlety of this piece is not given it's due by these pictures. Hope you signed it?
 

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Wonderfully! Ships are you Paul in the heart .. heart expressed through the wood, the veneer.
Outstanding choice of veneer .. dramatic sailing expressed to us this beautiful background .
 

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Nicely done, Paul, as always. Definitely don't want to sneeze when you're laying all those tiny parts out!!
 

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Beautiful work
 

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Very nice Paul.
 

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Beautiful work Paul, I don't think I've ever seen marquetry done this way before. I love it!
 

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Yet another great piece Paul.
 

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As always, impressive.
 

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Very nice
Where did I see something like that before ,OH on my desk .


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All I got to say is incredible! I couldn't even make one panel, and you made four! My eyes would go cross eyed dealing with all of those small pièces. The use of olive veneer makes it extra special.
 

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That is amazing, I have never seen this monochrome before. My mind is trying to come up with a picture to try this on. Beautiful.
 

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Very cool…i thought it was burned…very interesting.
 

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Paul, this is elegantly beautiful. On the finished box are 3 of the ships sailing west and 1 sails east (so to speak) as in the lay out of the 4th picture? If so, just to change things up? The olive burl is perfect for the scene. Thank you for sharing.
 

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Yep… You did IT again!

Beautiful as ever…

Thank you!
 
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