Project Information
My sister and her husband had me and my wife over for dinner and the subject of wood woorking came up. (Who would have thought!) She asked if I could make her a writing slope. I asked "What's that?"
And after a little google search and some sawdust this was the result.
I took an marquetry class here in Anaheim Calif. by Paul Schurch. Awesome class. I highly recommend it!! The flower is the Dogwood and I made a sort-of diamond design with a inlay strip and had the branches weave around it. Made of mahogany veneer and solid wood with Holly for the petals, Mahogany for the stems and colored poplar for the leaves.
The hardware came from: Lee Valley - quadrant hinges, SOS hinges
Horton Brass - Lock, drawer knobs
The supplier for the leather writing surface was hard to find, having never worked with leather. But thanks to the folks here on LJ I was given several good leads (You guys rock!!)
Special thanks to Bob Durnell, who being a fellow LJ and lives around the corner from me, helped inlay the leather into the finished piece. Thanks Bob!!
Finished with Arm-R-Seal from General Finish
Just gave it to here tonight at a family get-together. Needless to say she loved it!!!
And after a little google search and some sawdust this was the result.
I took an marquetry class here in Anaheim Calif. by Paul Schurch. Awesome class. I highly recommend it!! The flower is the Dogwood and I made a sort-of diamond design with a inlay strip and had the branches weave around it. Made of mahogany veneer and solid wood with Holly for the petals, Mahogany for the stems and colored poplar for the leaves.
The hardware came from: Lee Valley - quadrant hinges, SOS hinges
Horton Brass - Lock, drawer knobs
The supplier for the leather writing surface was hard to find, having never worked with leather. But thanks to the folks here on LJ I was given several good leads (You guys rock!!)
Special thanks to Bob Durnell, who being a fellow LJ and lives around the corner from me, helped inlay the leather into the finished piece. Thanks Bob!!
Finished with Arm-R-Seal from General Finish
Just gave it to here tonight at a family get-together. Needless to say she loved it!!!
