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PaulDoug
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#1 posted 11-20-2019 05:48 PM
Very beautiful! 50 hours well spent.
-- “We all die. The goal isn't to live forever; the goal is to create something that will.” - Chuck Palahniuk
MrWolfe
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#2 posted 11-20-2019 05:54 PM
Beautiful work!!!
Does sand shading involve heated sand that burns the wood?
Can you describe that process a little bit?
Just curious.
Very gorgeous marquetry! The color are vivid with your wood choices.
Jon
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#3 posted 11-20-2019 06:51 PM
That sure is a Beauty! I dont imagine it can get any more lifelike than this. The box itself is also very nice.
I am glad other folks do marquetry so I dont have to.
-- Wildwood by Brian Johns: The Big Bang: Nothing - exploded into Everything. Thanks to Nothing.
Ben Elbert
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#4 posted 11-20-2019 07:29 PM
Mr. Wolffe I use a heating plate to heat a fine craft sand, held in a small cast ion skillet. I have alwass closed twizzers to hold the pieces in the sand on edge. You need to be vigilant to avoid over heating. I hope this satisfies your curiosity.
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#5 posted 11-20-2019 07:54 PM
Beautifully done, I’m sure this will be treasured for a very long time.
stefang
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#6 posted 11-20-2019 09:39 PM
Love your marquetry Ben. The colors are great and the box is very nice too.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
BurlyBob
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#7 posted 11-20-2019 10:13 PM
That’s just wonderful.
Moron
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#8 posted 11-20-2019 10:45 PM
Marquetry I can say from experience is challenging at best and a nightmare at worst. It’s a bit like tapestry only more complicated with no disrespect to any tailor or seamstress …it’s difficult at best unless yr gifted
Nice work
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso
ShopCat
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#9 posted 11-21-2019 02:27 AM
What did you use for the underlying plate for the marquetry? Also, what glue, how pressed?
I do some Marquetry now, am looking to head in exactly the direction you have gone, only I expect to do it in around 100 hours at least, and my birds/flowers will be more… rustic in appearance.
Also for bird pictures, take a look at Crane Creek Graphics in Wyoming.
Love the sand shade. My last attempt got smokey.
-- ShopCat
shipwright
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#10 posted 11-21-2019 04:42 AM
Nice one Ben!
-- 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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