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Concert Uke with Orchid Inlay
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:33 pm
by Allen
Some of the nicest Australian Blackwood that I've had the pleasure to use. The bindings are sap wood from the same flitch. The inlay is Faux Ivory that I've added scrimshaw shading and then further colored with a translucent mauve to color match an orchid growning in our yard.
Re: Concert Uke with Orchid Inlay
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:48 am
by Mark McLean
OK, so now we know you grow orchids as well as building ukes. A complete renaissance man.
Re: Concert Uke with Orchid Inlay
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:30 am
by Allen
Pretty easy to grow orchids when you live in Cairns. The challenging one has been our Vanilla that has to be hand pollinated just the right way early in the morning. Second year now that we'll have a crop that takes 8 - 10 months to be ready.
Re: Concert Uke with Orchid Inlay
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 9:50 pm
by lamanoditrento
THAT blackwood! Your scrimshaw is fantastic too
