Happy anniversary! We remember that happy day as if it were yesterday.

12 bookmarks made using marquetry. Woods are walnut, lacewood,birch,purple heart, zebrawood, wenge,teak,and others. Designs include flowers, diamonds, heart,circle,and others

Latest group of marquetry bookmarks.
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How do you laser cut fabric without burning it?

#LowTideTuesday

A naturalist explains low tide effects to interested people. The pier in the background is perhaps 20 feet high because of the low tide.

A pink starfish lies on the beach at low tide.

Sea anemones attached to walls and rocks. They resemble blobs of jelly.

Enjoying sea creatures in Edmonds, Washington.

Bookmarks are six inches long and have a design near one end. Half of the designs are abstract tulips on a stem. The rest are a variety of quilt block designs.

Marquetry bookmarks. Wood veneers include mahogany, curly maple, walnut, paduak, purple heart, and zebrawood.
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Purple starfish on a rock.

"Orange cucumber. " Mouth is the feathered portion at the top end.

Two anemones. They look like blobs of orange and red jelly.

Purple starfish, orange cucumber, anemones at low tide at Edwards Beach, WA.
#wildlifephotography
#MacroMonday
#sealife

Naturalist explaining sealife to visitors. This spot would be under water at high tide. Pier in the distance.

Various anemones attached to rocks or walls. Anemones are jelly-like creatures. Some are red,some brown, some yellow.

Purple starfish attached to a rock.

Shell. Note lines radiating from the point and other lines running perpendicular to the others.

Low tide on Memorial Day at Edmonds, WA. Naturalists explained the wonders normally under water. Starfish, anemones, crabs, and Turkish Towel seaweed.

1. Background Spanish Cedar, stem birch, head purple heart. 2. Background purple heart, tulip dyed silver. 3. Background dyed silver, tulip zebrawood.

Three marquetry bookmarks. Abstract tulips.
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#Artyear

I was born about one mile from Route 66 in Elk City, Oklahoma. Hence, my user name for many sites is okieboy.

All Volkswagen?

A large philodendron in an 8x8 frame. Leaf is teak, veins are Birch, and the background is cherry.

Philodendron, based on a large philodendron in The Spheres Garden in Seattle. My third attempt at marquetry.
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Love the green, red,and white lights.

Love Sky Nursery. Left several dollars there recently.

Japanese Flowering Cherry in full bloom.

Why we love the PNW in the spring.

We like Charles Wysoki puzzles. Too bad he's no longer with us.

Yes, but "too soon old and too late wise."

Vertical striped baloon over distant and foreground mountains. Unknown woods.

Vertical striped balloon with silver and blue dyed and purple heart veneers. Sky is Birch. Distant mountain is wenge. Foreground mountain is paduak.

Vertical striped balloon with purple heart and paduak veneers. Sky is birch. Distant mountain is walnut. Foreground mountain is cherry.

Three #marquetry hot air balloons. The inspiration: a balloon by Robert Johnson. My balloon cut with a craft knife, and the other cut with a laser cutter. Still definitely a novice.
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And your chocolates look incredible. Are they available in the PNW?

Two hot air balloons, three repeating cubes, and three abstract.

Finally warm enough to get some varnish on winter projects.

Large-leafed plant at The Spheres garden in Seattle.

What would you think of this as a marquetry project?

Thx. I just read about it in a marquetry book.

Do you use sandshading to darken edges of pieces?

Just finished The Orphan Train. Historical fiction about the trains that carried orphans from the east coast to be adopted in the Midwest. Trains ran from 1850s to 1929.

Theodore Roosevelt once said "Of all forms of tyranny, the least attractive and most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth."

I like the colors on the top. Interesting legs.

Seven cubes with one corner sliced off. Spanish Cedar, Teak, Mahogany, Paduak, Purple Heart, Walnut, Wenge. Corners are Birch.

#Gwen Fisher's color wheel.

I call this piece Wood Veneer Color Wheel. It was inspired by #Gwen Fisher's Water Color Color Wheel.

A Christmas Tree probably 30x25 made of hundreds of costume jewelry pins. The circles surround Christmas lights inserted from the back.

A Christmas Tree someone made years ago from pins belonging to my MIL and SIL.
#pins
#MakersMARTch

My wife is a quilter, I knew about them. When we went to quilt shops in AZ, they would give me their old blades that were too worn for fabrics but work great for thin veneer.

I use a craft knife for anything with curves. For longer straight cuts I use rotary cutter (normally used to cut fabric).