I have had a design in mind for awhile now for an earring/ring holder. I had decided to use a piece of a slab of Bethlehem Olive Wood that I had bought. I got to the point that I had the waste block glued too it but just never really got around to it. So today while turning some other utility pieces I decided to finish this piece. When I turned the exterior shape I found that there were many cracks in this piece of wood and they were very deep. Well I thought about leaving them and I also considered filling them with something. I had pulled out my collection of inlace material and was trying to make a decision when a friend of mine and her daughter dropped by to visit me. My friend asked me what I was working on so I told her and I showed her the deep cracks. I explained what I thought I might do with them and her eyes lit up and she said I got just the thing for you. She left and returned with about 6 bottles full of stuff. My friend runs the lab at a plastic company and she does color matching and what not. I had no idea the kind of stuff they add to plastic for color and sparkle! I chose to use some extremely fine powered Oyster shell to fill the cracks. I thought it would contrast well with the colors in this wood. It came out pretty nice as it shines and sparkles.
The piece itself is 3-1/2” wide, 2-5/8” tall with 5/8” center pedestal measured from the inside bottom to the top of the bead. I then turned a 1-1/2” tapered piece and inlayed it into place. I just used a strait taper as I did not want rings to stick or get caught on decorations and such.
The wall thickness is 1/16” and the bottom is 1/8” to make it more bottom heavy. I also turned some rings on the bottom just for some decoration.
Anyhow, this one barley made it into the house before it was claimed by the wife. I did not get to do too much else as the window AC unit went out in the shop today so I had to cut my time short and go buy another one but it was old and I needed a bigger one anyhow.
The piece itself is 3-1/2” wide, 2-5/8” tall with 5/8” center pedestal measured from the inside bottom to the top of the bead. I then turned a 1-1/2” tapered piece and inlayed it into place. I just used a strait taper as I did not want rings to stick or get caught on decorations and such.
The wall thickness is 1/16” and the bottom is 1/8” to make it more bottom heavy. I also turned some rings on the bottom just for some decoration.
Anyhow, this one barley made it into the house before it was claimed by the wife. I did not get to do too much else as the window AC unit went out in the shop today so I had to cut my time short and go buy another one but it was old and I needed a bigger one anyhow.
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