| Project by Joni Hamari | posted 165 days ago | 959 views | 4 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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This was a gorgeous little slab of Birdseye Maple….It naturally had several voids, which I decided to fill with Turquoise. I think the colors compliment eachother exceptionally well. I placed this slab on an Ash Juniper Root base…Really nice combination!
It is unfinished in the photos, I just got the first coat on it, and had to share!
For those of you interested in turquoise inlay, I bought way too much material, and am selling part of my supply on my eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Hamari-Fine-Art-and-Design
Materials: Birdseye Maple
Inlay: Turquoise Nuggets
Finish: Catalyzed Lacquer
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14 comments so far
Bradford
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posted 165 days ago
Wow! that is nice.
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FlWoodRat
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posted 165 days ago
Joni, That is pretty enough to bring a tear to my eyes. Thanks for sharing.
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Duckarrowtypes
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posted 165 days ago
Beautiful! Can you explain the inlay process? Did you mix up the pulverized stuff with epoxy and just glop it into the voids?
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puzzled
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posted 165 days ago
Beautiful piece!! I just picked up one of your 5 bag lots on ebay, thanks for the link…I have been looking for some turquoise.
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trifern
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posted 165 days ago
Gorgeous wood and turquoise. The turquoise looks as though it has always been there and only discovered when the wood was cut open. Great job.
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backyarder1
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posted 165 days ago
Absolutely gorgeous. What a wonderfully creative mind!
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macpiper
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posted 165 days ago
that is a great piece. the turquoise is a very interesting addition. what sort of base did you make? i would love to see the table as a whole.
Grumpy
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posted 165 days ago
Nice touch to a great piece of burl.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 165 days ago
Joni,
The burl is beautiful enough in its own right and the voids would simply have added character to it but filling them with the turquoise adds a lot of visual interest to the piece.
Very nice.
Thanks for the post.
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Kerry
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posted 164 days ago
Boy, a person could stare into that for a long time. Very nice.
Kerry
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dennis mitchell
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posted 164 days ago
Beautiful combination of materials.
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Blake
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posted 164 days ago
Amazing work. It looks like a map with lots of lakes and mountain ranges.
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posted 164 days ago
I’d tell people it grew that way, they’d fall for it I bet.
Kipster
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posted 156 days ago
Wow What a piece of Art.
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