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john lucas

Red Mallee Burl mirror

I have had a very small amount of this wood so it's been interesting trying to get the most out of the blank for the mirror body and the handle. The handle is carved into a curve on the bottom and carved to sort of match the raised burl points.
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Bill Boehme
Beautiful, John. I have had some red male burls for a couple years, not knowing what do with them. After seeing this I think that I have my answer.
 

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Red Mallee burl mirror
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Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5100
Aperture
ƒ/9
Focal length
72.0 mm
Exposure time
1/100 second(s)
ISO
1600
Filename
January mirrors s-1.jpg
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90.4 KB
Date taken
Sat, 07 January 2017 7:58 PM
Dimensions
600px x 321px

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