" The Lone Cypress " Intarsia

Mike Mathieu

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Midlothian,Va
Hi Everyone
Here are a few photos of my latest commissioned project. These custom keepsake boxes are made from Brazilian Cherry( Jatoba) and measure 6" x 8" x 4". The Intarsia for each box lid is comprised of 36 pieces from 11 different woods. Box is finished with 4 coats of wipe-on satin poly and the Intarsia is finished with 3 coats of spray-on satin poly.
Woods used-- Background--lacewood, rope-maple, sky-tulipwood, sun- yellowheart, distant hills-cocobolo, water- blue mahoe, rocks- spalted beech, tree - palo santos, tree trunk- fishtail oak, gulls and shoreline- holly, weeds- lignum vitae. Fun Project
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Mike your work is as said Awesome. I also think your client deserves credit for having the sense of appreciation for work of this nature and to keep it around by commissioning you to do it. They sure will be happy with those boxes.
 
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