Stained Woods: Art by Tina Hanagan, Bloomington, IN

Here’s a look at what I did with the back:

First, the penciled design

The beginning

It took my quite some time to work out the top

Almost ready for the base color

The home stretch

The final artwork

Just the penciled lines of the design. Yes, I use tracing paper!

Working on the design

Almost all of the design has been stained.

The design is mostly done, and I've started the base color.

No more design to work on. Just the base.

The front is almost done. I did the sides and past the purfling at the same time.

There's the front!

Here’s a link or two that might be interesting:

About the purfling

Inlaying the purfling — a video

My first musical instrument project was a violin made by my Uncle Gene.  He had decided to quite making them, but was kind enough to add one more to the list. He even sent along a book called Violin Making to help and inspire. I remember being terrified that I would ruin his beautiful craftsmanship with my crazy stain designs.  I went through many design ideas before I settled on something that I thought would work. (I’d still like to make something based on the f-hole, maybe next time.) 

Here’s a couple of pics before I did too much damage: