A Small Tiger Maple lap Desk I made to sell at Silent auction for our local woodworkers guild scholarship fund.
Dyed with van dyke brown and then 6 coats of Danish Oil and two coats of wax. First time using tiger maple. Looks great, hard to work with.
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Looked at your other projects too. You do great work.
this is really nice. I think the proportions are great, and the stain on the wood gives it a great color and shows the figure well. My one criticism is that I think people tend to go overboard on figured wood, and it can give you a little bit of a headache. I would tone it down and just use it for highlights. But that's just my taste.
Well I Like it, Whitney! I think figured woods are much more attractive than mixed woods. But that's just MY taste. You are right that it is easy to go overdoard with figured wood. But I don't feel that was done here at all.
Andrew, nice proportion, beautiful craftsmanship, excellent finish.
