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[Charlie E]

Inspired by the work of Fiona Kingdon. 1/2" air dried red oak.

[Fish]

Fantastic work! Simple yet unique. Beautiful piece of wood.

[Denny Knappen]

Very well done.

[Scrappile]

That is beautiful!!!! 

[trackman]

Had to zoom in to see it. Very nice and different. 

[wombatie]

Very artist to use the waves of the wood for the waves of the sea.  Fabulous work.

Marg

[dgman]

That is a beautiful piece Charlie! Is the moon free floating?

[amazingkevin]

This is nice!!!!

[new2woodwrk]

Love the grain on that! Thanks for sharing a great piece!

 

[daveww1]

awesome job

[Charlie E]

9 hours ago, dgman said:

That is a beautiful piece Charlie! Is the moon free floating?

Yes it is. I had it attached and just didn't like the way it looked. I made it a floater and sanded it down so that it is a bit recessed giving it more of a 3D look though it doesn't show in the picture

[Wilson142]

Less is more. celebrate the wood.

[rdatelle]

Great job Charlie. I have a bunch of Red Oak but it doesn't look like that. How did you get that color.

 

[Charlie E]

10 minutes ago, rdatelle said:

Great job Charlie. I have a bunch of Red Oak but it doesn't look like that. How did you get that color.

 

Hi Ralph. I bought several boards like this at a local antique/craft shop. One of the booths has various kinds of air dried lumber. I think the color may be due to how it was dried, maybe some fungus causing some spalting in the area that l used as land. I guess a better answer would be, I don't really know. I got around 6 boards for $20 so it's dirt cheap, but it has some beetle holes in it so I have to deal with making sure they're taken care of/dead. I heat it up to 140 degrees for a couple of hours in the warming drawer on our oven.