Dragon Claw Wand – Daniel D. Brown, 2018
I made this Dragon Claw wand for another Harry Potter fan from a very old piece of walnut. I also built a box from cherry and walnut to house the wand.
I made this Dragon Claw wand for another Harry Potter fan from a very old piece of walnut. I also built a box from cherry and walnut to house the wand.
This is a sculpture/painting of migrating cownose rays. I made it over the course of a year, making the actual work a year ago and the frame/base recently. I first laid down a layer of paint on a piece of 4″ x 4″ wood, followed by sequential layers of rays painted on Envirotex Lite resin with acrylic paint (six layers). The final ray was sculpted with apoxie sculpt and the water ripples were made with ModPodge. Finally, I made a base/frame from a chunk of walnut wood, which I sculpted with a dremel.
Here is a quick video showinf what the resin part actually looks like in 3D (with light refractions)
My buddy @scrapforge made me a scribing knife. So I made him this from Cherry and Walnut.
And here are a bunch of views under different lighting conditions:
This is my second attempt at wood intarsia. I designed this based on a new resident of the National Aviary – an African penguin named “Sphen.” It was constructed from Walnut, Aspen, Cherry, Red Oak, Yellow Pine, and Maple log.
I made this one from the same wood I used to make Scrollsaw Nautilus Shell #3. I decided to try some more interesting shaping on this one. I also finished it with Walnut oil (food safe) instead of polyurethane.
Seen here compared to Scrollsaw Nautilus Shell #3.