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This year's annual Works of Heart donation is a corner lamp made from a cut off section of a maple tree. As soon as I saw this chunk of wood, I saw the heart shape in it.

I use an angle grinder and just started grinding off the wood to build the shape. I cored out a spot for the bulb and used and 18" bit to bore a hole up the wood so i could convert it into a lamp.

The base is alder and i used hand chisels to build a platform to nestle the heart into the base. The back is chiseled too to fit the cover over the light bulb and the cover is held in place by 2 pieces of wenge wood. I cut a heart shape into the light cover in hopes for it to project a soft heart shaped light. It worked out well!

As always, the front and back are sanded to 2,000 grit so it feels like glass.

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You do so many creative things with the wood. Very nice job.
 

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Very cool (as usual). I love your work.
 

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Very nice work, different, but creative , bravo
 

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I can see the heart in the wood (though I also think I see a rooster…). Very creative and cool way to use a beautiful piece of wood.
 

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Beautiful. Nice job bringing out the natural beauty.
 

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Nice work, very creative. 2000 grit on a stump screams dedication, or some kind of penance for perceived wrongs. :)

I have to say I'm with Brian though. One side has the roughed head, and the other a fanned tail. All it lacked was a beak.
 

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Ellen A beautiful Pieve. I hope it goes to a great home.
 

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Unique and very cool.
 

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Very Artistic Ellen, cool!
 

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thanks so much for all the feedback. I stared and stared at it to see the rooster, then finally found it!
 

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Excellent!
 

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A most impressive work of art you have done on the lamp Ellen
 
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