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Oyster veneering


ElgaKoster

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I was wondering, has anybody ever made a miniature with oyster veneering? My husband is busy cleaning out the garden from some pruning he did a few weeks ago, I decided to go and see if there is any useable wood in the pile before he throws it away, as a friend sometime ago asked me if I could make a box for her and it has oyster veneering on it and you don't find twigs for sale :-)

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I found this in the pile, it has a very fine smooth grain, it is an indigenous tree/shrub in South Africa, the birds love to feed off the berries. http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/hallerialucida.htm

I love how the center pops and reckon it will look good for this kind of veneering, my slices are about half an inch in diameter, there are smaller twigs too.

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The late Barry Hipwell had done a few pieces.... Somewhere in my thousands of photos I have some pictures of them. I'll have to keep an eye out for them to post.

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I've never heard of oyster veneering.  Have you thought about it any more since you first posted?  I'm intrigued.

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No Missy, I haven't had time to think about it again, it is probably a project I will do next year.

I saw this wonderful cupboard in the Rijksmuseum last year, it makes me think of sunflowers

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Hi Elga,

I have got some oyster veneer in my stash. I would not know of anyone who used this, besides mr. Hipwell.

The oysters I have are too big to use for miniature work so I haven't done anything with i yet, maybe later.

But if I remember correctly, in the 17th and 18th century in Holland there were some miniature cupboards done in oyster veneer.

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I wonder if some of the miniature pieces you are talking about are in those lovely cabinet dollhouses from the time? I just received a gift of some lovely twigs for oyster veneering.

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Oh yes, I know for sure there are some, only I can't remember in which house right now. But I am sure one of the other "dutchies" can tell you.When I find some time, I'll look it up for you and post pics

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