| Project by schwingding | posted 304 days ago | 442 views | 5 times favorited | 19 comments | ![]() |
The owners of a local sushi joint take such good care of Mrs. Schwingding and I that I made them a gift. A sushi set made from big leaf maple burl with their logo pyrographed on it. The pyro detail was achievable by using a simple pin point tool rather than more standard pyrography tools and a high powered magnifier. The detail you can get with this method is amazing, but it still makes my eyes bug out. I had hoped to turn the chopsticks but the burl was too fragile to turn that thin, so I cut it on the tablesaw, and tied the whole thing together with the pyro pattern on the ends and the border.
This is displayed proudly at the bar along with my business card, but I didn’t do it for that reason! (yes I have had referrals)
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19 comments so far
Blake
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posted 304 days ago
Another beautiful project. Again: true, unique art. Great job.
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TreeBones
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posted 304 days ago
Awesome…
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woodchips
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posted 304 days ago
well i am a huge fan of sushi and sashimi but it was the burl that caught my eye. that is amazing! i love it! i certanly couldn’t eat off of it, it’s just too gorgeous but i’d be seriously tempted because a huge part of sushi is the presentation how could anyone not be tempted to eat off something like this? Great Job and thanks for posting it, you’ve inspired me to make my own chopsticks.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 304 days ago
dang.. this is AMAZING
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oscorner
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posted 304 days ago
Spectacular, stupendous, outrageously beautiful work!
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wwnovice
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posted 304 days ago
That is really beautiful. Nicely done.
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Mark A. DeCou
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this really is cool. nice work.
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mrtrim
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posted 304 days ago
my meager vocabulary has been pretty well trampled by the prev. posts so ill just say what everyone else said + exellent !
blackcherry
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posted 303 days ago
You’re creation has inspired me to make one for my son and a local sushi owner as well great xmas gift, thanks…I’m really starting to like this site…Blkcherry
shaun
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posted 303 days ago
Wow, Schwingding, that is gorgeous.
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Chip
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posted 302 days ago
Schwing, my head is starting to hurt from looking at all of this great work. Could you possibly throw in a clunker once in a while so we can get a breather? ;-)
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scottb
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posted 302 days ago
That is fantastic – and it’s also fantastic that you have found a Sushi place to call your own. Mmmmm.
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Grumpy
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posted 301 days ago
Wow. Beautiful job.
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gizmodyne
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posted 274 days ago
Beautiful. All of your work is amazing.
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Karson
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posted 274 days ago
Great job on the project and a beautiful presentation piece.
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Jeff
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posted 274 days ago
I’m glad Karson and Jon visited this project or I would have missed it. I must say, this is one of coolest projects I have viewed. I love sushi and I would love to use this. How did you finish it in case the owners wanted to use it rather than display it?
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rikkor
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posted 274 days ago
That is fantastic. I can see why you are getting referrals.
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macpiper
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posted 271 days ago
that is AWESOME!!
Dusty56
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Great job indeed !! Is this the only picture that you have of it ? Do you have the dimensions ? thanks for posting this beauty !!! Both of my sons are really into the Sushi thing and I’d love to make them something useful for a gift : )
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