A Brooch
I was gifted a small offcut of timber by a woodworker. He thought it was Gidgee. It had a pattern that suggested the possibility of a brooch to me. Subsequently a more knowledgeable friend of his pronounced it most likely to be Mulga (Acacia aneura) because of its smell. Visually, it conforms to images of the latter available on timber sites and is certainly hard. The figured area of the wood chosen to make the form is in keeping with non-rectilinear forms appearing throughout the models. It was finished with rubbed coats of shellac and has a clasp screwed and epoxied to the back.
Constructed: 20 February 2015 – 27 June 2015.