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Girl With a Pearl Earring

comments (2) June 8th, 2011 in Reader's Gallery

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"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece. It was painted in 1665. I made this marquetry with more than a dozen different species of wood veneers, including some dyed veneers. It was finished with mineral oil and varnish, then applied a layer of wax. the size is 6"x9" (the actual picture). The eyes of the original picture are always gazing back at you, no matter what angle you are looking at her. I transferred this character to the woodwork successfully. Her eyes are alive.


Design or Plan used: My own design
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Sarshfield Sarshfield writes: Real nice work... impressive.
Posted: 5:32 am on June 12th

mokusakusensei mokusakusensei writes: Extremely nice! I have done a few marquetry projects, and I know just how difficult to get such realism. Thanks for sharing your work
Posted: 6:03 am on June 9th

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