Thread: How to do Chip Inlays; The Icedog Method

The repair on that bowl is brilliant. Seriously. Hiding a crack by making a accent out of it is a stroke of genius

I always love your "how to" posts Brad. You show incredible skill and artistry, but also a desire to share and inspire creativity. The lessons on craftsmanship are valuable, but the lessons on helping and sharing are priceless. Great work Brad.

I love the way that looks! It'll be on everything in the house in no time!

Originally Posted by joesixpack

The repair on that bowl is brilliant. Seriously. Hiding a crack by making a accent out of it is a stroke of genius

Thank you! I love teaching because I learn from others too. One thing I always try to put out when someone is watching me is that sometimes it is better to find a way to celebrate a joint rather than try in vain to work to perfection. I worked for five hours on the cherry bowl before I busted it. Rather than throw it in the stove, I decided to try using the cracked rim to incorporate some character into the initial rectilinear design. It was actually during a thunderstorm and I thought it would be better to have a lightening bolt than a single line across the rim.

*sighs*

just when I thought I was getting my resto-addiction under control, you have to go and show me something really cool like this. there goes my weekend :-P

seriously though, that's a very cool technique.

Originally Posted by jockeys

*sighs*

just when I thought I was getting my resto-addiction under control, you have to go and show me something really cool like this. there goes my weekend :-P

seriously though, that's a very cool technique.

I think you will have fun with this. As you've already seen, it can be used for knife and razor scales. But I am hoping someone will pick up a busted bone razor handle and repair it with this method. All it takes is a busted scale and a little balls to be willing to fuse the old with a Victorian razor with a bad ass high tech looking repair, say fix the crack like I did in the cherry bowl but with a bright red epoxy filler. The power will definitely be in the fusion of old and new. A razor that clearly states it is spanning two centuries and is ready to rock.

So my wife's huge collection of nail art stuff could come in handy for something. I promise I won't tell her you gave me the idea.

Nice Nice Nice I like it Brad-a-saurus Rex.... You gave me a cool idea I might just have to try out...

Thank you for taking the time....

That brings a very nice Heljestrand to mind.
It has an ivory handle thats cracked at the pivot pin.
Been wrecking my brain how I could manage to keep it.
Its very thin though.

Thanks a bunch! Now I know what to use to fill the worm holes in some spalted box elder wood that I have.