Yin & Yang Cats

[Old Joe]

I made this for my wife. Everybody comes with baggage, she came with cats and for 44 years she has pretty much always had two cats. Steve Good pattern. Made with 1/4” African Padauk and Zebrawood and a Baltic Birch backboard painted black. I tried to stack cut them first, but I used too small of a blade and it flexed just enough to not give a mirror image. It wouldn’t be worth the amount of sanding to save it, so I cut them individually with a Pegas MG#3 and it was a piece of cake. I applied several coats of semi-gloss lacquer.BTW, my wife loved it.

Edited November 1, 2021 by Old Joe

[preprius]

That is a good use of zebra wood.  Of course for the orange cat Padauk.  I like it.   

Ooops do I see little hearts on the ear holes?   Oh that get extra points. 

Mark

 

[FrankEV]

Very nice work and a good conversation starter.   

While my wife was alive, we always had a minimum of two cats and one dog.  Always loved having pets but since I moved to Florida have I gone animal free.  At this stage in my life I prefer not to have to worry about the pets when we want to travel.    

[daveww1]

terrific job

[Eric67]

Superb!

[heppnerguy]

I have not seen this pattern as I went through Steve Good's patterns, he has so many of them. I can easily see why your wife was so happy with them. They came out really appealing. Good job.

Dick

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