Series / groupCutting boards, in good company
Patterns, contrasting woods, and a whole batch of boards. Useful objects with room to play.
Boards & crafted goods • Experiment
My first attempt at a chaos-style end-grain cutting board.
This first attempt trades a regular stripe for an irregular arrangement of end-grain pieces. The contrast between the woods makes the surface feel busy in a completely different way.
I enjoyed the process and noted areas I would improve in the original post. The experiment is part of the collection, too.
This was my first attempt at a chaos-style end-grain cutting board. I used cherry and walnut, broke up the regular block pattern, and worked through the glue-up without trying to make every section look predictable. The board was still meant to be used, so the pattern had to end in a flat, finished surface. I finished it with wood butter and kept the first attempt in the portfolio because it shows where that line of work started.
Design and making: Michael Pytlowany.
Mike's Functional Artistry project archive
19 October 2020