MUSIC
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CAT POWER Oct 2022
I have been a fan of Chan Marshall’s music for a long time now, this inlay was based on the album cover from her 2008 Dark End of the Street EP. Beli sapwood is used here for the face, the hair highlights are rosewood and the background is spalted maple
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
MUDDY WATERS Jan 2022
My first inlay of 2022, Muddy here is mahogany and ebony with maple. The background is spalted maple
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
THE BEATLES
I had to edit this design quite a lot, shifting Ringo up so that he would fit into this square. John’s colourful jacket is cut from purple heart and Paul’s is padauk. The background is some fantastically figured golden camphor
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
JIMI HENDRIX March 2021
Unfortunately I’m starting to run out of the beli sapwood that I like to use for the faces in my inlays, this Jimi Hendrix design uses a nice two tone piece. I used some dark quilted maple for his jacket, some walnut for his hat and the background is some beautifully figured golden camphor. The inlay is framed, like my others, using quilted mahogany with an ebony border
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
DAVID BOWIE Nov 2022
Another Bowie design, taken from his 1976 ‘Thin White Duke’ period
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
DAVID BOWIE May 2020
This Bowie design is cut from black limba with english yew used for the hair, the sunglasses lenses are purple heart and the background is spalted maple and ebony
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
DAVID BOWIE April 2020
Another David Bowie inlay based on a photo taken from his Thin White Duke period, black limba is used here for the face with yew hair in an ebony background
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
LANA DEL REY (1) Jan 2023
I found these two images of Lana Del Rey on Pinterest, presumably taken from a fashion/ cover shoot. I have no interest in fashion and don’t judge music artists on how attractive they are, I do like the voice and music of Lana Del Rey
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
LANA DEL REY (2) Jan 2023
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
BOB MARLEY Nov 2024
Another Bob design, again using beli sapwood for the face, spalted oak for the dreadlocks and with a spalted beech backgroun
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
BOB MARLEY April 2020
Another Bob Marley inlay! I used the same woods again for this design
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
BOB MARLEY square feb 2020
On the original image that I based this inlay design on, there was a lot of shadow across Bob’s face. I tried to match the effect here by using the natural colour variation on the beli sapwood. The background is some beautiful spalted beech
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
BOB MARLEY Aug 2022
Another Bob Marley design, using some of my final pieces of beli sapwood for the face
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
RALPH TOWNER
I was commissioned to design and make this inlay of musician Ralph Towner as a 60th birthday present, Martin received it and emailed me a thank you message: “Just a quick line to thank you for the amazing wooden portrait of Ralph Towner that you did for my 60th birthday. It’s absolutely brilliant work, and something uniquely special to really treasure, as well as taking prime position in my ‘guitar room’! Thanks so much again for your brilliant work”
I think he liked it!
ELVIS november 2022
Another Elvis design, again using beli sapwood for the face and dark ebony for the hair and shadows. The background is spalted beech and the yellow shirt is imbuia
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
ELVIS april 2021
Elvis is cut from beli sapwood along with maple for the other details and highlights. The shirt and jacket are also maple along with the highly figured flamed maple guitar. The background is spalted beech with a simple black ebony border
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
ELVIS march 2021
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
ELVIS
This Elvis commission is beli sapwood with maple detail in an ebony background
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
BOB MARLEY 16:9 May 2024
This Bob Marley design is cut from beli sapwood and ebony with spalted oak dreadlocks. The shirt is maple and the background is spalted beech
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY
Another reggae legend here, genius producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Quilted mahogany, walnut, beli with red padauk and some beautifully smokey maple are used against a spalted oak background
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
DAVID BOWIE
Based on a picture taken from his 'thin white duke' period, this inlay uses beli sapwood and maple against ebony. The hair is yew
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
JOHNNY CASH
If you would like to know a whole lot more about how this inlay was made, head over to the Inlays for dummies section
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
MUDDY WATERS
This inlay of blues legend Muddy Waters is cut from quilted mahogany and cherry
Size: 175x 85x 10mm
MUDDY WATERS 2
This inlay was a private commission for a friend, the design was based on one of Muddy's album covers and the inlay itself contains a selection of some very highly figured pieces of mahogany framed in beli with an ebony border