Disk with Imbeded Nautilus Shell

[Earl Eyre]

I decided to try something different and original. This is a 10" x 3/4" piece of birdseye maple. The outer edge is stained with Watco dark walnut stain. The Nautilus shell is embedded in the wood. I carved out the area for the shell to sit in. If you know this to be another type of stone, let me know. I know nothing about rocks--just liked this one.
Earl

[Don Baer]

Earl Thats real Purty. I love the way the figure in the maple goes with the shell. Don't know noten about shells. Looks like a snail to me..:D

[John Hart]

Beautiful Piece Earl!! Looks like a nautilus to me. To be sure...you can check it mathmatically. The nautilus is a perfect representation of Phi (1.61803)

[Glenn Hodges]

That is harmonic in a balance which pleases the eyes. Beautiful piece, thanks for showing it to us.

[Frank Chaffee]

Wow Earl,
Very fine union of fossilized shell form and Birdseye maple!
Frank

[Frank Chaffee]

Beautiful Piece Earl!! Looks like a nautilus to me. To be sure...you can check it mathmatically. The nautilus is a perfect representation of Phi (1.61803)
Fie on you, smarty pants!
Frank

[Travis Stinson]

That's a beautiful turning Earl. The shimmering of the Maple really sets off the shell. Great job!:cool:

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great work Earl. The maple and shells really stand out. Looks good.

[Jim Ketron]

Awesome piece!

[Paul Douglass]

Great idea and it turned out beautiful!

[Jim Dunn]

Earl that's real purty. My wife would have me putting the whole drive way in to the base of bowls if she seen that.

[Earl Eyre]

Thanks, all. It was fun. I have some agate slabs and want to try a similar idea with them. Earl

[Mark Cothren]

Wow! Very nice! Great work.

Thanks for the pictures!

[Keith Burns]

Nice piece for sure:) :)

[Corey Hallagan]

Yup, looks great Earl, haven't seen anything like that before. Nice work.

Corey

[Jimmy Newman]

I've done a little bit of fossil stuff, and I believe that is an ammonite, which is a close relative of the nautilus that lived 350-150 million years ago and is from a now extinct branch of the cephalopods. The nautilus as we know it is too young a species to exist in the fossil record, but there are members of the "nautiloid" branch of cephalopods from the same timer period as the ammonites - they're just much, much more rare. I actually have a little ammonite on my desk right now - they're one of the prettiest fossils around!

The kind that you have in the tray you made is made by cutting one of the full fossils in half and polishing the inside surface.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Nice piece Earl. Really cool with the fossil.

Ernie