Recent work

Er Lang Shen

Approx. 200 pieces

A mythical Chinese warrior. This is the most highly detailed inlay I've done to date. The great challenge of this inlay was that it had to be of a scale to fit as a headstock logo, the size pushes the limits of currently available saw blades. The only engraving is on the face, all other black lines are either saw cuts or black inlays. Done completely under 3.5 - 7X magnification.
Materials: Corian (several colors), coral, pipestone, obsidian, dark spiny oyster, varisite, green wood veneers, Sterling silver, mammoth ivory, MOP and ebony

Grateful Dead Medallion

(Approx. actual size)

Jester - Bone (naturally!) Malachite, Jade, Brass
Guitar - Cocobolo, Ebony, Brass, Silver
Background - Corian (rocks) Turquoise w/ MOP veneer overlay (sky) Spiny Oyster (leaves)