Dyed Maple Burl Platter with Copper Inlay.

[Marc Himes]

This is a piece of maple burl which had a fair number of bark inclusions cracks and other defects. I decided to fill the defects with metallic copper powder using CA glue and dyed it with aniline dyes hoping to carry over some of the coppery look in to the wood itself. It is about 13" in diameter and finished with Wipe On Poly. The grooves around the rim are done with copper paint. C&C are welcome. Thanks for looking. Some of you may have seen it on other forums but I wanted to post it here as well.

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[Russell Neyman]

Extremely beautiful and a real headturner!

[Doug W Swanson]

Love the colors. Beautifully done!

[Leo Van Der Loo]

That is an outstanding piece Mark, thanks for showing :)

[Dune Crane]

Gorgeous piece.

[Bill Hensley]

Well done, very impressive results. I was recently attempting something similar and my results were disappointing. Seeing this motivates me to keep trying. Thanks!

[Marc Himes]

Thanks for the comments everyone. The piece is currently in a gallery in Calumet, Michigan which is in an area of the state called "Copper Country" but I may bring it back home for a while.

[Bill Bukovec]

Very nice!

Where did you get your copper powder?

Bill

[Marc Himes]

Bill, I ordered the powdered copper from Craft Supplies USA through their woodturnerscatalogue.com site.

[Mike Golka]

Wow, great job.

[Paul Engle]

Very nicely done Mark !!!

[Michael Poorman]

Well done Mark! I really like the blues. The color isn't so strong that it's distracting. This piece is quite nice.

[Jim Kirkpatrick]

A masterpiece!

[steven carter]

B E A utiful!