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Wood barn owl inlay cut by hand by Jack Smidmore

BARN OWL Oct 2023

This barn owl in flight consists of around two hundred different maple and lacewood pieces inlaid into a black ebony background

Size: 164x 164x 13mm

BARN OWL Sept 2023

This barn owl design is cut from a selection of differently grained maple, along with some lacewood inlaid into ebony

Size: 164x 164x 13mm

GREAT HORNED OWL

This owl design contains over one hundred separate pieces. Spalted oak, maple and ebony are used for the feathers, the eye is beech and the background is beli

Size: 164x 164x 13mm

Harris Hawk wood inlay cut from rosewood and ebony with a spalted maple background, by Jack Smidmore

HARRIS HAWK May 2022

Another harris hawk design. Rosewood, ebony, beech and maple are used for the hawk, the leather falconry glove is walnut and the background is spalted maple

Size: 164x 164x 13mm

HARRIS HAWK May 2021

Around one hundred pieces in this harris hawk design, a variety of rosewood is used with ebony for the feathers. The beak and face sections are yew sapwood, imbuia, beech and maple, the eye is yew and the background is spalted maple

Size: 164x 164x 13mm

OWL Jan 2021

Another complex design here with over one hundred and fifty separately cut pieces, I really love this inlay. A combination of various differently grained maple with a little spalted oak is used with ebony for the owl and the background is beli

Size: 164x 164x 13mm

GOLDEN EAGLE

Over one hundred separately cut pieces went into this golden eagle design, Madagascan and Indian rosewood are used for the feathers along with maple and dyed maple for the face, beak and eyes. The background is highly figured spalted maple framed in quilted mahogany with an ebony border. Size: 164x 164x 13mm

PARROT 2

This complex, colourful parrot inlay is cut from some rich, red padauk along with yew, maple, beli sapwood, ovangkol and bog oak all inlaid into an ebony background and framed in figured mahogany with an ebony border. Size: 164x 164x 13mm

PARROT

This parrot inlay uses the same colourful combination of woods as the one above, I used some blue dye on maple for the blue wing feathers. Size: 164x 164x 13mm

BALD EAGLE OVER WATER

Ebony, bog oak and maple make up this bald eagle inlay. Beli, quilted maple and spalted oak are used in the background. the inlay is framed with quilted mahogany with an ebony border. Size: 164x 164x 13mm

BALD EAGLE

Another bald eagle inlay in ebony, bog oak and maple. Beautiful spalted oak provides the background with an ebony border

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

BARN OWL

This barn owl inlay contains fifty one separate pieces and took around seventeen hours to complete. I used a combination of various shades of maple along with some lacewood for the owl itself, the background is spalted oak

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

BARN OWL 2

This second barn owl design is cut from maple and lacewood perched on a walnut glove, the background is ebony and spalted maple

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

BARN OWL 3

This third Barn owl is perched upon a birdseye maple snowy post. Maple and lacewood are used for the owl and the background is ebony

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

WOODPECKER

When working, I like to try to match the natural colours of wood as closely as possible to the subject of the inlay - I'm really pleased with how this series of greater spotted woodpecker inlays have turned out

Maple, ebony, beli, bog oak and some deep red padauk make up the body, he's perched on an english walnut branch against a spalted oak background with an ebony border

WOODPECKER 2

This second greater spotted woodpecker inlays cut from the same selection of woods as the first

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

WOODPECKER 3

As above

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

WOODPECKER 4

The last in my series of greater spotted woodpecker inlays, again using a combination of maple, ebony, padauk and walnut with a spalted oak background

Size: 175x 85x 10mm

KINGFISHER HEADSTOCK INLAY

This commission provided me with the opportunity to use a combination os abalone, pearl and wood together to create this beautiful and very colourful kingfisher perching on a branch