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  1. 31st July 2007, 02:11 AM #1
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    Default wood mailbox with marquetry

    mail box decorated with marquetry work. material: red oak, veneers.
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  3. 31st July 2007, 09:41 AM #2
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    Holey Toledo and that just for a letter box!!!

    Amazing Marquety work

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  4. 31st July 2007, 10:38 AM #3
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    Very nice mailbox, lucky it's next to your front door. If that was in Sydney near the footpath, I recon it wouldn't last 24 hours. It would end up in the kids bedroom up the road.

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    Is that a vodoo doll of your worst enemy hanging by the neck from that mailbox?!

    Oh, and nice marqetry. Especially the shadow effect: very nice, subtle touch.
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    Excellent work, I like the shadow effect as well, really gives it a lift, most marquetry looks a little flat, but the shadow really works. When I try marquetry I must include this idea.

    Well done again...

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  7. 31st July 2007, 11:49 AM #6
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    I am speachless! That is a work of art.

    Excellent Job!
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    Awesome Work! Very cool and some fine craftsman ship!

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    THat is a fantastic box. We can all see the amount of time and craftmanship that went into it. But, what's with the stick-on house letters??? It's like a paper crown on the Queen when she's dressed in her finest, (er... maybe "rubber slippers" would be a better analogy, seeing as the numbers are under the work, not over it)

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    Any tips on how to get started on the path to learning how to do some fine marquetry? I trully do admire your work and craftmanship.
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