We Love Our Hummingbirds.

[Dave Monk]

I was so excited to see our first Hummingbirds last weekend here in Justin, Texas that I had to finish up a project that I have been working on. It is a handmade, inlaid picture using a combination of maple, cherry, cedar, mahogany and poplar woods.

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done Dave.  That came out fantastic.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[new2woodwrk]

That's a really nice piece. Thanks for sharing

[spirithorse]

Spectacular work!
I cannot imagine how hard all those various areas would be to cut
or how long a project like that would take.

Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[smitty0312]

Beautiful Dave.....,

[Gordster]

Hi Dave,that sure is beautiful.Glad to hear the hummers are out your way.we are still a long

way from seeing any,but I did clean a couple of feeders last week.

[Dave Monk]

1 hour ago, spirithorse said:

Spectacular work!
I cannot imagine how hard all those various areas would be to cut
or how long a project like that would take.

Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

When I first got this done I was not pleased at all. There was not enough contrast in the hummingbird...I knew I would never be proud of it so I redid the bird. The toughest part for me was the little inlays on the wings and tail.

Including redoing it..took me about two days to make it. I made the pattern off a picture that probably took me another four or five hours.

[Brianr24]

Wow! Beautiful job

[GPscroller]

Awesome results Dave.

Jeff

[amazingkevin]

Incredible workmanship!

[rjweb]

Wow, that is beautiful, your are an artist, we have seen the hummingbird down here in the last 2 weeks, have to watch my 2 labs because they think all birds are there play toys, RJ 

[Ron Johnson]

Fabulous Dave. Very beautiful inlay.

[wombatie]

Awesome work of art.  It would look lovely on any wall.  Well done.

Marg

[Phantom Scroller]

Neat cut and love the framing.  Roly

[newfie]

Nice work Fave thanks for sharing 

[daveww1]

beautiful, fantastic job

[Dave Monk]

Thanks so much for all the kind comments.

[Old Joe]

Impressive!

[Scrappile]

That is  very beautiful Dave.  Couple more things to finish up and I am going to try my hand/saw at inlay. 

[lew]

Love it!!  No hummingbirds here yet!....3-5 inches of snow forecast for Saturday!! 

[Blaughn]

Dave, I am going to have to try your technique.  Your work is so consistently beautiful I am in Awe!

Is the main body of this piece Baltic Birch or solid oak?

Bruce

[barb.j.enders]

very nice work.

[Dave Monk]

6 hours ago, Blaughn said:

Dave, I am going to have to try your technique.  Your work is so consistently beautiful I am in Awe!

Is the main body of this piece Baltic Birch or solid oak?

Bruce

Bruce, It is maple that I planed down to 3/8"

 

[Luperez548]

Very impressive job, congrats!

[bobscroll]

A beautiful project you've done there Dave!!! Thank you for posting,

Bob