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Mike Mathieu
06-18-2009, 9:06 PM
Hi all
Just a couple of pics of my newest jewelry box.The box is black walnut.The background is bookmatched walnut and bird's eye maple;The cardinal is bloodwood; The beak is pink ivory;The face and feet are ebony; The leaves are lignum vitae; The flowers are holly;The branches are zericote and the flower centers are pau-amerillo. 27 pieces not counting the box.

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/cardinalbox002.jpg

The penny is for reference.

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/cardinalbox003.jpg

Ed Sallee
06-18-2009, 9:16 PM
That's really beautiful, Mike.....

Your work is spectacular!

John Keeton
06-18-2009, 9:27 PM
Well, the first pic was impressive, but then I saw the penny!! Very impressive! Not sure my fingers are that nimble anymore - or maybe ever!

Mike McCann
06-18-2009, 9:45 PM
Mike

you do great work.

Jim Rimmer
06-18-2009, 9:48 PM
Wow! Great job.

Mark Valsi
06-18-2009, 11:24 PM
wonderful !

The state bird of O H I O !!!!

Cody Colston
06-18-2009, 11:25 PM
That's an attractive box and pretty delicate work, too. It's nice, very nice.

Jerry Murray
06-19-2009, 9:47 AM
very very nice!

alex grams
06-19-2009, 9:54 AM
Awesome box. The first thing that stuck out to me was your grain alignment on the birdseye maple. It gives a great transition from straight to varied grain which does great to give the impression of a land/sky border within the same piece of wood. Very nice use of that.

John Thompson
06-19-2009, 1:11 PM
Rather nice work and a lot of patience. How did you like working with the lignum vitae and holly? I remember my first experience with lignum vitae. I thought they accidentally sold me steel with a light oil coat left on. :)

Very nice indeed...

Sarge..

Leo Voisine
06-19-2009, 3:47 PM
NICE

I love Cardinals and I just LOVE that box.

What a gorgeous piece of work.

Mike Mathieu
06-19-2009, 4:44 PM
Thanks for the nice comments guys.

To Sarge--Holly is one of my favorite woods to use for intarsia. I don't mind paying premium price for good clean white and it has to be scrolled using a new blade to keep it from burning. Same goes for the Lignum --has to be cut using a fresh blade and cleaned with mineral spirits before a finish can be applied but the green color is beautiful.

Joe Aliperti
06-19-2009, 4:50 PM
Beautiful box. Really inspirational.

John Michaels
06-19-2009, 7:39 PM
Wow!! Such a wonder combination of wood to get the desired color without staining. The patience involved to create such a piece is impressive.

Dave Verstraete
06-20-2009, 7:59 AM
Mike
Beautiful work....I love the cardinal!

Philip Johnson
06-20-2009, 8:35 PM
I really dislike threads like this because it shows me how little talent I have.....very nice job