| Project by shipwright | posted 09-28-2010 07:18 PM | 5302 views | 1 time favorited | 7 comments |  |
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This is my personal desk. It was built because I needed to fit a desk into the alcove. It’s not actually a fine furniture piece, just a useful birch plywood desk that fits where it has to. That however does not mean you can’t have a little fun building it. This is my first attempt at copying a photo in inlay. I will improve but I’m satisfied with the success of the processes I was trying. The solids are Western Maple and the veneers are Spalted Western Maple (top), Red Cedar,Arbutus, Bocote and a tiny bit of Purpleheart.
-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/
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Chip
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#1 posted 09-28-2010 07:28 PM
Running out of superlatives here Shipwright. Hope you don’t mind. Keep it coming please…
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!
CharlieM1958
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#2 posted 09-28-2010 07:32 PM
That’s really a novel idea. And beautifully done.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
helluvawreck
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#3 posted 09-28-2010 07:35 PM
I like that desk a lot. I don’t know anything about the inlay process other than knowing that some other LJ use it on various projects but it does look like you did a great job on the doors to me. The closeup picture of the door really brings the quality to your eyes. Thanks
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
ghazard
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#4 posted 09-28-2010 08:19 PM
wow…killer job!
-- "Hey, you dang woodchucks! Quit chuckin' my wood!"
RexMcKinnon
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#5 posted 10-01-2010 10:26 PM
looks pretty fine to me
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
Waldschrat
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#6 posted 07-17-2011 07:41 PM
For a first time, man that looks awesome, The desk top looks great too, its a shame that you have to cover it up with papers or a keyboard once and in a while!
-- Nicholas, Cabinet/Furniture Maker, Blue Hill, Maine
RogerBean
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#7 posted 05-16-2014 12:01 PM
More nice work from my favorite marquetry wizard. I always look forward to your posts.
Roger
-- "Everybody makes mistakes. A craftsman always fixes them." (Monty Kennedy, "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks", 1952)
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