Ready for sale

Posted on September 20, 2007

On a previous post I was talking about putting the finishing touches onto a  24″ Salomon islands canoe model . One can see an illustration of it prior of staining the wood.

The illustrated model hierby is that same model, ready for sale. Actually it was a commissioned piece, but I took the opportunity of having this model to place it as an exhibition piece at the 2007 Hawaiian Woodshow. Most people were intrigued by the intricate and very precise inlay work ,which is entirely hand crafted. Since the canoe model hull is concave and relatively small, it is impossible to carve the negatives for the inlay with a router or other type of small electrical machine. All I used were small chisels.