Best inlay ever thread

[narad]

I'm just putting this little message up to tell people about the work of a fantastically talented but little known lady called Athena Kekenes. Her website seems to be down but her work can be viewed on her facebook here..

http://www.facebook.com/athena.kekenes/photos_stream

Her work is beyond incredible and I think she is open to commissions.

I'm afraid Athena retired from inlay. Or at least it would be hard to work when most of her tools are in my workshed! This was about 2 years ago, so perhaps she's back to it. But yea, really fantastic work from her.

 

[crowbones]

Thanks for all the sweet contributions

 

[SeductionS]

I love all of Dylan's inlays.

This one is pretty neat too: (Polythoral's Black Water)

 

[Polythoral]

This one is pretty neat too: (Polythoral's Black Water)

I might be a little biased, but I second this. xD I was doing my best to keep from posting it myself.

 

[jonajon91]

I am am fan of blank boards (my six string bass is blank), but I love misha's bulb inlay on this.

I also love all the glow in the dark etherial stuff going on at the moment (great ideas, just need a better finish)

 

[Gregori]

guitar playing cat? Nice!

 

[narad]

I think that those faces are based on the designer Alfons Mucha (Browse Works - Gallery - Mucha Foundation)

Certainly - the guitar is even called the nouveau guitar.

 

[Suitable]

That's one hell of a bridge on that 9 string! What's the standard tuning for them?

 

[jonajon91]

That's one hell of a bridge on that 9 string! What's the standard tuning for them?

It is a custom build by Etherial for the guitarist from catherage (sp). The guy who got it built is on here (NoYaN). full thread here http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/lu...rial-9-string-custom-carbon-fiber-guitar.html

The strings were all lower on it as well so I guess it is E B G D A E B F# C#

 

[blanco]

Every time i see this i want to do that same thing but with a rosewood fret board and snowy mountains.

 

[Najka]

 

[Workhorse]

God, I hate that inlay so much.

In the meantime:

Coincidently, my favourite Daemoness too.

The cimmerian model is one of the best looking guitar shapes on the market.

 

[XxJoshxX]

Mo pix?
Where can i find them?

 

[TylerRay]

Here's the latest one I did. Some of you might have seen my NGD thread already, but this is an inlay thread.

 

[patata]

I'm not a fan of a whole fingerboard long inlay so I'm gonna go with

 

[Hollowway]

Mo pix?
Where can i find them?

I'm not sure, but they're on here in an NGD thread. I don't even remember who has that, at this point, but I'll google around tomorrow and if I find something I'll come back in and edit this post....

 

[OmegaSlayer]

I think if you have a thread like this you have to start by mentioning Larry Robinson, then about 50 images later you can start to bring in some other guys. He's not well known on these forums since he mostly gets commissioned for high end acoustics, but unbelievably detailed inlays.

One of the only guys that can inlay faces that actually maintain some personality:

And yes, some of his stuff is really gaudy, but customers ask for what they ask for.

You won the thread.

 

[pondman]

I think if you have a thread like this you have to start by mentioning Larry Robinson, then about 50 images later you can start to bring in some other guys. He's not well known on these forums since he mostly gets commissioned for high end acoustics, but unbelievably detailed inlays.

One of the only guys that can inlay faces that actually maintain some personality:

And yes, some of his stuff is really gaudy, but customers ask for what they ask for.

Incredible .Its like a cathedral window .

 

[Artifacts in Motion]

David Petillo- Petillo Master Piece guitars.
1 of Guitar World's top 5 inlay artists in the world.
Does restoration work for the Vatican and Smithsonian.
Petillo Guitars • Gallery

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[Given To Fly]

So, apparently this is an 8 string arch top with a good portion of the Book of Revelation inlayed on it.

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