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Mixed blocks, changing patterns

Mixed-color end-grain work from the August 2020 board-making period.

Documented 2020-08From the collection
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Working through the pattern

Individual blocks create changes in color and grain across the face. The close-up makes the arrangement visible in a way that the earlier group photograph did not.

The work shown here

The August photos show clamped glue-ups and a finished board in use. I cannot match every photo to a separate finished board with confidence, so I am keeping them together as one group.

Working through the pattern

I used mixed woods and end-grain glue-ups to build these changing block patterns. The work moved through clamped assemblies, surface cleanup, and finished boards, although the surviving photos do not let me match every stage to a separate final piece. I kept them together as one group for that reason. The close views still show what matters: how the grain direction, color, and block placement changed across the face.

Credits & project notes

Project work: Michael Pytlowany. Original archive photograph.

Sources

Mike's Functional Artistry archive
2020-08-17