Bubinga and Chestnut mirror

[vinnie_chip]

Hi, thought I would share this project I am working on. 300 year old Chestnut with Bubinga bowties, will have a Bubinga frame round the outside with Chestnut pellets when i get round to it.

 

[vinnie_chip]

Bubinga I am using for the frame... nice wood!!

 

[Nippychippy]

That's going to be really cool can't wait to see the finished item

 

[nathandavies]

that looks really nice, but I can't work out the scale of it

 

[vinnie_chip]

Thanks, it is 950 mm x 950 mm ( roughly ). Bowties are 1 @125 mm x 30 mm, and 2 @100 mm x 25 mm.

 

[whiskywill]

Very nice work.

A similar use of bowties here (about half way down). http://www.luthiercom.org/phpBB3/viewto ... r&start=25

 

[vinnie_chip]

Nearly done, one more coat of osmo polyx oil to put on and mirror to put in... (the photo doesnt do it justice)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Beautiful, but I wonder if it would have looked even better with a wider frame? - it seems to me to look slightly unbalanced weight wise. Superb, nevertheless, and that's only a thought.

 

[vinnie_chip]

I would have liked to use wider Bubinga for the frame but could only get my hands on a small amount at the time... It is 50mm x 15mm. I think when the mirror is in it will finish it off nicely. Thanks for your input though Phil.

 

[Dalboy]

That is going to look stunning once you get the mirror in, Like the idea of natural edge and also the butterfly repair patches gives the whole this character.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Vinnie, I understand the constraints imposed by the material, but I actually meant wider rather than deeper. It's still sooooo beautiful, though.

 

[paul saunders]

It would be a shame to hide all that wood behind a mirror :mrgreen::mrgreen:

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[vinnie_chip]

Paul, the mirror is going behind the wood.. :roll:

 

[markturner]

Very nice....well done

 

[vinnie_chip]

Finished....

 

[vinnie_chip]

Both my mirrors on the wall of an art gallery which opens in a couple of weeks

 

[Phil Pascoe]

=D> =D> =D>

 

[Nippychippy]

=D> =D> =D> wow all I can say thanks for the pm totally missed it I am very impressed

 

[MickCheese]

I like those a lot. Prefer the portrait one over the landscape one but they are both very nice. Well done.

Mick

 

[vinnie_chip]

Beautiful, but I wonder if it would have looked even better with a wider frame? - it seems to me to look slightly unbalanced weight wise. Superb, nevertheless, and that's only a thought.

Well Phil.p I decided to put a wider frame on it after all.. managed to get some better figured bubinga for it aswell.