"Strawberry Fields" Gibson

A rare color in ultra-figured Honduran Rosewood Burl,  this beautiful Gibson is pure strawberries-n-cream. Carved with passion, a single solid piece of spider-web-figuring, trimmed with contrasting HRB "pickups," inlaid brass frets, bridge, and rhodochrosite tuning pegs. Old World hand craftsmanship at its best, with no computerization or chemical finishes. Mounted on a variegated hardwood base with  glass dome. 

Artist: Nancy R Koerner, 2019

Materials: Honduran Rosewood Burl (heartwood and sapwood), brass wire, rhodochrosite. Base of HRB, mahogany, ziricote, brass rod. Housed in glass dome w/ black acrylic base.

​Dimensions: 5.75” tall x 2” wide x .625” thick. Dome 7” tall x 4” diameter.

Signature: Features NK ’19 monogram on guitar back, lower right, and NK “etching” on glass dome.
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​Other info: Honduran rosewood burl is a planetary legacy, one of the rarest, most valuable, and most collectible woods in the world. This one-of-a-kind HRB creation represents the heavenly afterlife of a tree, a breathtaking reincarnation of natural living beauty. The raw rosewood is legally imported by the artist, who is licensed and permitted under USDA/APHIS regulation, and approved by C.I.T.E.S. as an environmentally-friendly enterprise.