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This is another basket illusion platter from the series. It is 10" wide, made of hard maple, decorated with Faber Castell Pitt artist pens and has a wood burned decorated rim. Finished with spray on lacquer. It has 1/8 inch beads and a 3/16 inch rim bead.
10" diameter platter, beaded with 1/8 inch beads with 3/16 inch rim bead. Rim decorated with wood burner. Platter colored with Pitt artist pens. Finished with spray on lacquer.
4" in diameter and 4.5" high. Made from Bradford Pear with a Ebony finial. 3/32" beads with division lines starting at 96 divisions and up to 288 divisions around circumference. India ink used for coloring.
A mesquite vase inspired by Native American pottery. Basket illusion embellishments under the rim and up from the base. The rim and base are both inked black. The Mesquite has nice color and a sapwood feature in the open wood. 6" x 6". Finished with original Waterlox.
A southwestern shape vase made from Texas Mesquite. Faux basket weave features using ink and acrylic paint. 11" tall and 10" diameter. Embellishments were sealed with acrylic spray and the open wood was finished with Tung oil finish. This was a donation to SWAT for their 2023 raffle. Celebrate...
A Mesquite vase with a southwestern shape. There is one band of faux basket weave which includes turquoise nuggets and three other dyed bands with nuggets. The rim and base are also dyed using archival black ink. I call the turquoise pieces nuggets for lack of another term. They are polished...
Approx 12" tall x 9" diameter. It is designed based on a traditional African Wedding Basket, using segmented hard maple wood and the 'Basket Illusion' pyrography/painting technique. Made as a gift, the pattern is created from a piece of clothing that the groom will be wearing.
Motivated by some of the excellent work posted here, I decided to venture into the world of Basket Weave Illusions. My first piece was a small plate, just to test the waters. This one is 12 in diameter and about 1 1/2 inches deep. The wood is white birch.
This may be old news to some but being brand new to 'Basket Illusion', I spent a fair amount of time on videos, groups, etc. learning the ropes. Once I sat down to design on the paper polar charts/graphs that most were using, I thought there had to be a better way. So, I thought I'd share. If...
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