Pomelle Sapele table with and amber and gold inlay

BEAUTIFULLY DONE!

-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR

joni your killin me girl,wood over load,how much can a wood worker take in one day! incredible.

-- sawdust the bigger the pile the bigger my smile-larry,so cal.

joni your killin me girl,wood over load,how much can a wood worker take in one day! incredible.

- pottz

HaHa, Thanks, I’ve got more to post!

-- Joni Hamari, www.HamariDesign.com

joni your killin me girl,wood over load,how much can a wood worker take in one day! incredible.

- pottz

HaHa, Thanks, I ve got more to post!

- Joni Hamari

ys got to spread em joni,my heart cant take this excitment in one day!!!

-- sawdust the bigger the pile the bigger my smile-larry,so cal.

I enjoyed looking at all your tables here on LJ.

-- https://dutchypatterns.com/

Another masterpiece. Do you have a blog or video about your inlay technique for the gold and amber? I have been thinking about that (on a much smaller scale) for a cane handle but have no clue how to start. Thank you for posting.

-- Leafherder

Joni, Your work is seriously amazing. Where on earth do you find such beautiful wood in such massive amounts? Not only the slabs but the bases, too. And where on earth do you find the gold and amber inlay material? All your tables you’ve posted are beyond beautiful. Ditto Leafherder – I’d love to see your process too, although I’m sure I could never accomplish anything even close! :) Again, just gorgeous work.

-- Kim - imperfection is the pursuit of perfection

Joni, Your work is seriously amazing. Where on earth do you find such beautiful wood in such massive amounts? Not only the slabs but the bases, too. And where on earth do you find the gold and amber inlay material? All your tables you ve posted are beyond beautiful. Ditto Leafherder – I d love to see your process too, although I m sure I could never accomplish anything even close! :) Again, just gorgeous work.

- KimAccurso

Thank you Kim,
I’m always on the hunt for interesting pieces…The bases are fun, we collect a lot of driftwood and interesting wood off the beach in Alaska. I’m in Ak right now actually, getting ready to head south with another load of wood. I’d be happy to sell raw bases if anyone is interested.
Although we don’t mill as many logs as we used to for slabs we still do some of our own milling. There are some great mill finds out there as well.
I find some of my inlay materials at the gem and mineral shows, but I started carving in stone upwards of 40 years ago so the stone inlay comes pretty naturally to me. The gold and silver can be found online…as can a lot of interesting materials.
Best of Success, Joni

Pic of our overloaded beach truck with some burl finds:

Some of this years driftwood finds that I’ll cut and bring down next fall:

-- Joni Hamari, www.HamariDesign.com

Now this is a nice table. Not much fun to move but very nice…