8-Piece Carpathian Elm Burl
& Walnut Burl Border Tabletop
Carpathian Elm
and Black Walnut Burl Tabletop, 24" x 44"
The
internal field is an eight-piece match of Carpathian Elm
Burl separated from the Black Walnut Burl border by
a filletti
of
black-dyed pearwood and curly Makore. This may be the first
successful use of a bookmatched burl border. While
bookmatching along the central axes is needed, a
bookmatched border can succeed only if the mitres in the
corners can be bookmatched as well. Of special note; the
figure display at the center axes of the border are
identical, yet the distance from the miter is different on
the sides and the ends. This was made possible by creating
the border with sixteen pieces rather than the expected
eight pieces, with two pieces on the ends; six pieces on
the sides. The sides are booked to give exact figure
bookmatching at the mitres with two intermediate bookings
to arrive at the same central axis match.
This panel has a solid Black Walnut edge.
Photo by
Bob McNamara, Orbit Studios,
Minneapolis
