Playing with some small-scale wood inlay this week, I made these Celtic key pattern pins.  The key pattern and larger key square are 30mm x ~3mm thick.  The smaller key square is 25mm x ~3mm thick.  These are all hardwood maple inlaid with walnut.  Everything is cut on the laser, sanded to 650 grit and, finished with wipe-on poly.  I attached pin backings with wood glue.

Celtic key pattern walnut in maple inlaid pins with bottle cap for scale.
Celtic key pattern walnut in maple inlaid pins with bottle cap for scale.
Celtic key pattern walnut in maple inlaid pin.
Square 30mm Celtic key pattern walnut in maple inlaid pin.
Celtic key square walnut in maple inlaid pins.
Celtic key square walnut in maple inlaid pins in 30mm and 25mm sizes.
Celtic key square walnut in maple inlaid pin.
Celtic key square 25mm walnut in maple inlaid pin.

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  1. […] make this pumpkin pin design last October with cut-through pieces like I have done for other wood inlay pins. The tiny walnut ribs just burned to charcoal, though. I thought of trying this new approach […]

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