The Woodshop Shed

Line and Berry Artwork

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Typically, I do not see my woodworking projects as art. I follow plans and end up with a completed project (furniture, tea box, etc.). I don't know what else to call this project other than art or a wall hanging. In the magazine (Wood #264, Nov 2019) it was to be a tea tray. I had no use for one but I loved the line and berry design so I opted to execute it as a piece of art. The line and berry design is inlaid into walnut. The lines or stringing is holly, perhaps the whitest wood species. The berries are from cherry, maple and bubinga. To complement these colors, I made the frame from cherry with an inlaid strip of sapele. I routed a bead along the outside edge. The artwork itself is finished with four coats of Deft aerosol lacquer. Most lacquers preserve the whiteness of holly. For the frame, I did two coats of spray shellac followed by two coats of the aerosol lacquer. Frame and all it measures 18 inches tall by 13 inches wide.

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