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Burr oak sketchbooks

Project by YorkshireStewart posted 796 days ago 474 views 1 time favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Just a whimsy really but quite eye-catching. These loose-leaf sketchbooks have an oak front and back. I’ve set a polished ammonite fossil into the front of one. I hand-routed the recess and finished off with a small carving tool; then epoxied the ammonite into place.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems


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scottb

3402 posts in 1224 days


posted 796 days ago

Great project – and well executed. The things we do for whimsy’s sake are often the best.
I can see a few things like this coming out of my shop. You’re really helping to “influence” my Christmas to-do list.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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TreeBones

1557 posts in 921 days


posted 796 days ago

Wish we had oak like that around here. Very nice.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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Don

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posted 795 days ago

Terrific! Beautiful timber.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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TomFran

2515 posts in 892 days


posted 795 days ago

Cool idea! Nice way to utilize some beautiful wood.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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YorkshireStewart

784 posts in 799 days


posted 778 days ago

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-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

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mot

4903 posts in 934 days


posted 778 days ago

You have some great projects, Stewart! Really nice!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Harold

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posted 706 days ago

I have been wanting to make a up a neat album/portifolio, you have inspired me.
thank you,
harold

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

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YorkshireStewart

784 posts in 799 days


posted 706 days ago

Having just looked at your exquisite projects Harold, I’m really looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

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Karson

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posted 706 days ago

Great Notebook Stewart. A neat idea.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Blake

2760 posts in 772 days


posted 647 days ago

This is great, and such a simple idea. But your artistic touches make it beautiful. Really cool.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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