MAMMALS
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Scroll through the gallery on the right for some in progress pictures
DALMATIAN
Really wanted to add a Dalmatian design to my collection, thought the ebony and maple/ black and white would work well together for this, I used some beli for the background
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
FONZ April 2020
This golden retriever inlay was a commission from a couple who have bought a few of my other nature inspired designs. They provided me with some photos of their dog Fonz to see if I could do something as a birthday present. The imbuia that I used here for his coat has a beautiful golden colour, it’s not really possible in one picture to show just how much the colour and grain of the wood really shimmers and changes in the light
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
TEMBA
A few years ago I was commissioned by someone to do an inlay of his dog Indy. Before Christmas I was contacted by him again for a second commission, this time as a Christmas gift for his wife, to commemorate their dog Temba
Size: 150x 150x 13mm
LABRADOR
This is the first of two Labrador inlays that I worked on as a pair. I had previously been commissioned to do another dog, which the customer and I were both really happy with, so I wanted to do a few more. Bog Oak and ebony is used against a spalted maple background, mahogany and maple is used for the eyes and the inlay is framed in quilted mahogany with an ebony border. Size: 164x 164x 13mm
LABRADOR 2
This second Labrador inlay is made using the same combination of woods as the one above. Size: 164x 164x 13mm
CHIMP March 2019
Ebony, bog oak and beli sapwood chimp against a spalted maple background
Size: 164x 164x 13mm
INDIAN ELEPHANT
This Indian Elephant inlay is cut from some light English walnut, the background is figured maple and the water is spalted oak. The inlay is bound with an ebony border.
Size: 175x 84x 10mm
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
This second elephant inlay is again cut from English walnut, the tusks are maple. Lacewood provides the background along with a warm figured maple sky
Size: 175x 84x 10mm
GORILLA
This gorilla inlay is cut from ebony along with some seven thousand year old sub-fossilised bog oak highlights, the eyes are cocobolo and the background is some beautiful spalted oak
Size: 175x 84x 10mm