my inlay

topic posted Tue, August 4, 2009 - 1:04 PM by  bob
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Hello to all that come to this little part of my world,I have come to let the people know that i have come up with a new and most exciting way to help bring wood inlay to the masses without killing every tree that we have to make this art work,First yes i do make my wood inlay out of wood and some of my works have some 7 to 8,000 pieces of wood in them and thats alot of wood for i use some 10 to 20 different types of wood ,Now comes the good part i have put my work into my computer and with the aid of photo shop i can turn one work into 10 to 20 different prints.On my web site u can see about 120 different prints that ive made and are for sale ,and yes you can even see the real wood work that i have finished .My web site is bb inlaid graphics.As to using veneers i dont use them, as they are to thin for my work i take a board and cut it down to 1/8 of an inch strips then cut them again to 1/8 by 1/8 and then i start my work .I dont use any patterns, no lay outs and i never use any preconceived ideals on what iam making .I let the wood itself tell me what iam making ,It mite sound funny but its a really hard thing to do,to be making a piece of art that i am making to produce the final works that you see.I started out making picture frames and some of them have over 1800 to some 3500 pieces of wood in them.My first showing was at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and Casino in Las VegasNV i now live in Monroe NC and i have been in the newpapers here and in the Charlotte observer,
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