bellowing timberTwo coats of tung oil finish applied, two more to go.
phallstrom@bellowingtimber Beautiful.
jerry@bellowingtimber Beautiful! What kinds of wood and what dyes did you use?
@jerry
Thanks!
Most of the veneers are undyed - except for the black (swiss pear) and the darker couple of blues for the jay (oak and birch?), however the place I got them didn't know what type of dyes they are. I assume Transtint but not sure.
Greys I do by treating maple, cherry, and oak with an iron sulphate solution.
Then there's a bunch of woods - maple, cherry, bloodwood, sapele, etimoe, beech, birch, walnut, elm, maybe a couple more... :)
@bellowingtimber Thanks for the info, I hope to add marquetry to my work someday.
@jerry
Nice! You should go for it, it's easy to get started. An xacto, cutting mat, and veneer tape are all you'd need to add to your shop. Find a place with cheap veneer cutoffs and you can start with a chessboard or whatever.
Also recommend a used copy of Marquetry Techniques by Middleton & Townsend. I use their xacto blade modification technique and 'window method'.
@bellowingtimber Thanks for the tips. I have some of those already, just need to get onboard with the #ReduceEntropy that many of the woodworkers here are tooting!
AJ ButterwickThat's gorgeous.
Sally Monster@bellowingtimber these are amazing! 😍
Tomek Sułkowski@bellowingtimber These look incredible! How do you get all these shades of blue? 🤯
@sulco
Thanks! The darker blues and black were already dyed when I got them - but the lighter blues/greys and darker greys I did myself by bathing a few different types of veneer overnight in an iron sulphate solution.
Thanks! The darker blues and black were already dyed when I got them - but the lighter blues/greys and darker greys I did myself by bathing a few different types of veneer overnight in an iron sulphate solution.
Cat West@bellowingtimber @Binder Exceptional!
Kyle Slattery
Lumenate@bellowingtimber Very good work!