Tea Trays

 I was commissioned to make a few tea trays for the upcoming holidays for some customers. Here is what was done.

   

 

 

This is where I was hand etching the names into the wood. It was VERY HOT to do and a few close calls later, the etching was done.

Here the first sealer coats of varnish were applied, after the first was dried for a day it was sanded back to get rid of any grains of dust and air bubbles. Another 2 coats were applied following the same method.

 

This is the resulting products.  

The wavy quilting is part of the natural characteristics of camphor laurel, it looks as if its a blanket.