Troilus Burl Table

3/23/2012

This week, I got the awesome project to do a burl wood grain table with a white marble inlay panel! I was excited and nervous. Burl is the most difficult wood grain, and although I have come to pride myself on my woodgrain, I really wanted to make sure I delivered a "wow" on this one.

Here is a working sample I put together using a couple different faux techniques and a few I made up.

The turned legs were a bit of a challenge. Being round, they weren't very conducive to my "dry-spatter and wipe" technique. Spattering in the round is always tough, and this table was heavy and had hidden wheels in two of the legs making it difficult to rotate. Because I was wiping the spatter before it completely dried, it was imperative to get to it quickly, and it was a lot of area to cover.

Here is the finished burl:

The next step was that white marble inlay. All in all, not too difficult. I got lucky on it being a flat, horizontal surface.

Lastly, the black stone inlay needed to be put in.
With the help of a vinyl stencil printed by our awesome props department, this was a breeze. I added a soft grey ripple to give the black some stone-like depth.

And here it is: The finished table!