Stu in Tokyo
1st November 2007, 04:52 PM
Well, I finally got this one done, out the door today, I hope............
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I know the pics are NOT stellar, but I only had my cell phone to work with :doh:
The middle part is real gold leaf, did not turn out as well as I had hoped, but I still think it looks OK.
The wood is Red Keyaki, commissioned for the land owner where I took the wood from, I hope they like it.
Which brings us to the second commission, this one is for the younger brother of the first one, when he heard his older brother had commissioned me to make a piece from wood from their land, well former land, as they had to sell it to cover the death tax:no: he wanted a piece as well, so here it is.................
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Same wood, Red Keyaki, horrible stuff to work with, the dust makes you sneeze (got to wear the triton PR and run the cyclone) dulls your tools in a minute or less and is hard enough to ring like a bell, but it sure looks nice :D
This HF is down to about 2 -3 mm thick everywhere except the bottom, which I left around 5mm just for the weight, so it would sit better.
Cheers!
59161 59162 59163
I know the pics are NOT stellar, but I only had my cell phone to work with :doh:
The middle part is real gold leaf, did not turn out as well as I had hoped, but I still think it looks OK.
The wood is Red Keyaki, commissioned for the land owner where I took the wood from, I hope they like it.
Which brings us to the second commission, this one is for the younger brother of the first one, when he heard his older brother had commissioned me to make a piece from wood from their land, well former land, as they had to sell it to cover the death tax:no: he wanted a piece as well, so here it is.................
59164 59165 59166
Same wood, Red Keyaki, horrible stuff to work with, the dust makes you sneeze (got to wear the triton PR and run the cyclone) dulls your tools in a minute or less and is hard enough to ring like a bell, but it sure looks nice :D
This HF is down to about 2 -3 mm thick everywhere except the bottom, which I left around 5mm just for the weight, so it would sit better.
Cheers!