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"Oreo Ovation"
This gorgeous little cookie was carved from one solid piece of ziricote, with a frontal overlay of spalted sapwood Honduran Rosewood Burl (HRB), inlaid brass frets and tuning pegs. "Oreo" comes mounted on a custom freeform ziricote base in a glass dome. Made in Old World tradition, it was hand cut, hand carved, and hand buffed without the aid of computerization techniques or chemical finishes.
Artist: Nancy R Koerner, 2018 Materials: Honduran rosewood burl (spalted sapwood), ziricote rounded back, brass wire, glass beads. Base of ziricote wood and brass rod. Housed in glass dome w/ black acrylic base. Dimensions: Guitar 4.25” tall x 3.5” wide x ½ ” thick. Dome 5” tall x 3” diameter. Signature: NK ’18 on guitar back, lower right. Also NK “etching” on glass dome. |
Ziricote (Cordia dodecandra) grows in Central America and Mexico. Grain is straight to slightly interlocked. Medium to fine texture, with good natural luster. Ziricote ranges from medium brown/gray-brown to dark brown, with darker bands of black growth rings intermixed. It has a unique appearance, sometimes referred to as “spider-webbing” or “landscape” grain figure.
Other info: Honduran rosewood burl (HRB) is a planetary legacy, one of the rarest, most valuable, and most collectible woods in the world. This heirloom quality, one-of-a-kindcreation represents the heavenly after-life of a tree, a breathtaking reincarnation of natural living beauty. Theraw rosewood is legally imported by the artist, who is licensed and permitted under USDA/APHIS regulation, and approved by C.I.T.E.S. (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) as an environmentally-friendly enterprise.
Other info: Honduran rosewood burl (HRB) is a planetary legacy, one of the rarest, most valuable, and most collectible woods in the world. This heirloom quality, one-of-a-kindcreation represents the heavenly after-life of a tree, a breathtaking reincarnation of natural living beauty. Theraw rosewood is legally imported by the artist, who is licensed and permitted under USDA/APHIS regulation, and approved by C.I.T.E.S. (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) as an environmentally-friendly enterprise.
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