This is the first piece of inlaid work I ever attempted. I received the busts of Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo for Christmas several years ago and decided they needed a suitable display shelf. Since they were Florentine Renaissance artists, I figured a Florentine Renaissance style display would be appropriate. So, I modeled mine after the colored marble inlay employed by Alberti in his facade for the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy. The triptych display is made from twelve different woods (walnut, cherry, tulip tree, Bradford Pear, apple, cherry, American holly, magnolia, butternut, mahogany, 150 year-old heart pine, and Japanese maple burl for the large arched panels behind each bust.Sunday, February 26, 2012
Some of my work
This is the first piece of inlaid work I ever attempted. I received the busts of Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo for Christmas several years ago and decided they needed a suitable display shelf. Since they were Florentine Renaissance artists, I figured a Florentine Renaissance style display would be appropriate. So, I modeled mine after the colored marble inlay employed by Alberti in his facade for the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy. The triptych display is made from twelve different woods (walnut, cherry, tulip tree, Bradford Pear, apple, cherry, American holly, magnolia, butternut, mahogany, 150 year-old heart pine, and Japanese maple burl for the large arched panels behind each bust.
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