The beautiful start of a series of unique Inlays..

Hi folks!

I'm starting a series of beautiful inlays designed and made by me. I hope you'll like what you see.

A little background. These inlays are made from high grade White/Gold/Black Mother of Pearl shell and Abalone shell. I might throw in certain other stuff like copper or acrylic if there is a need for some special color. These inlays are handmade by me and by no way i can duplicate something exactly the same. Meaning to say if you like something i've created but it's bought by someone else, i'm sorry but you'll just have to wait for something else you might like and act fast.

So today i made 2 of these inlays and i've not set the price yet. Don't worry we'll start once i've come up with a price list for these beautiful stuff. You can purchase them for your ambitious d.i.y inlay adventure or you can simply get me to do the inlaying onto your guitar/bass/banjo/lapste.. ok you get the idea.

Without more talking, let's look at the result for today!


Let's start with something light..
I was thinking to myself, what could possibly be the type of inlay that most people will like it on their instrument.. I do know that most christians love nice inlays because it's part of their culture and history however they might not want a cross smacked on their instrument. (you can still request me to do one for you :D ). So the next that came to me somehow was this Dove. Pure, Peace and Happy.
This is shot in white light as compared to the above shot in yellow lighting. I'll try to get a day shot, where the natural light really glows the Mop gloriously! Btw, these are not polished thus you won't see the smooth and glossy finish :)

Next we have something in contrast! I call this the Angel and Demon. Why so? The main dark greenish(black mop) skull represents the demon's skull while the purplish(abalone) broken part represents the angel. The white(white mop) left wing belongs to the angel and the dreamy dark(black mop) wing with piercing nails(white mop)is from the demon!
This is shot in white light as opposed to the above shot in yellow lighting. All these photo are taken with my old Konica Minolta Dimage X50! Though the color and focus is not the best but i'm glad it still works well! and yes... i'm sure you've spotted some other things on the way.. ;)