September 15, 2014 at 11:30 am

DIY Shelves with Glow in the Dark Resin Inlay

by twistedsifter

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In 2013, web-designer and software engineer Mat Brown ditched the mouse and keyboard to pursue his passion for art and design. Brown now focuses on making jewellery and other objects which are available through his Etsy store.

The artist recently shared a DIY house project on his blog and reddit. Brown explains:

“We were running a bit short on shelving in the kitchen and wanted somewhere we could store all the preserves we’re going to make from the garden this year, so we went to the timber yard to see what they had. They had this, 155cm long piece of chestnut.
 
It was pretty heavily cracked and pitted, with knotholes and so on. But, I had a plan. Resin inlay. A technique traditionally used with a colour-matched epoxy to the wood, to give an ‘invisible’ repair. I’m taking a slightly different approach.”

 

Below you will find a brief overview of the project along with the amazing results. The comments accompanying each image are from Brown himself when he posted an album of his project to Imgur. There’s a slightly more detailed version of the project on Brown’s blog as well. To see more art by Mat, be sure to check him out at the links below:

 

MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

 

1.

Big old cracked, knotholed, spalted piece of chestnut we got cheap from the timber yard.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

2.

Sealing the holes with aluminium tape.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

3.

Set it somewhere good and level otherwise the resin will be a mess.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

4.

Ready to mix.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

5.

Bag of pigment. Traditionally resin inlay is colour-matched to the wood, but I’m going down a different path.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

6.

Resin mixed up and standing a little to let the bubbles bubble out.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

7.

Poured into the big crack.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

8.

Doing a bit of a clever with this edge. It’s going to take a while to set, I think I left it nearly a week in the end.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

9.

Now only the long, long job of planing, carding and sanding this lot flat.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

10.

Getting there.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

11.

My favourite part, the first coat of oil. I love that moment where you wipe the oil over and the grain just leaps out at you. They got about eight thin coats of boiled linseed oil.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

12.

Chopped up and ready for the wall.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

13.

Brackets installed.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

14.

Spare bits of walnut for the other brackets.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

15.

And here they are. In daylight.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

16.

As it’s getting darker, the glow resin really starts to come into its own.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

17.

I think this is my favourite one. It’s on the bottom of the top shelf, so it’s visible in normal use.

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

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MAT BROWN / SHINIUM
Website | Blog | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

 

 

 

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