Bow tie joints (or butterfly joints) are a decorative way to repair or strengthen a piece of wood with a split. This is a very old, thick piece of cherry...incredibly beautiful with all its natural splitting and knots. To prevent it from splitting further, and to give it more stability, I added a bow tie inlay cut from walnut.
Not going to pretend this was easy.
I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest when I finally had it chiseled out and placed in. (A little obsessed to get it right since my first try at this on a board is now laying as ashes in the bottom of our wood stove.)
Not going to pretend this was easy.
I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest when I finally had it chiseled out and placed in. (A little obsessed to get it right since my first try at this on a board is now laying as ashes in the bottom of our wood stove.)
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