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No. 12

Fine Woodwork & Resin

Resin & Timber Chess Set

A hand-made chessboard in timber and red resin, with cast resin pieces and a fitted storage tray.

Hand-made chessboard in timber and red resin, framed with corner posts and set with cast resin pieces in red and clear.

The project

A chess set made over several months. The board is built from individual timber blocks set in a frame, with alternate squares in red resin. The pieces are resin in two colours, and a timber tray is cut with a recess shaped to each piece.

Craftsmanship shown

  • Small blocks cut to a consistent size

  • Frame with corner posts

  • Resin poured level with the timber

  • Piece-shaped recesses cut in the tray

Category

Fine Woodwork & Resin

Year

2023

Gallery

The chessboard beside its timber storage tray, the pieces lying in recesses cut to their shapes.
The same tray with the recesses empty and the pieces standing beside it, showing each cut-out profile.
Six red resin chess pieces lying in piece-shaped recesses cut into a timber tray.
Close view of red resin chess pieces seated in their recesses.
The chessboard beside its timber storage tray, the pieces lying in recesses cut to their shapes.
The same tray with the recesses empty and the pieces standing beside it, showing each cut-out profile.
Six red resin chess pieces lying in piece-shaped recesses cut into a timber tray.
Close view of red resin chess pieces seated in their recesses.
The chessboard beside its timber storage tray, the pieces lying in recesses cut to their shapes.
Six red resin chess pieces lying in piece-shaped recesses cut into a timber tray.
The same tray with the recesses empty and the pieces standing beside it, showing each cut-out profile.
Close view of red resin chess pieces seated in their recesses.

Process

Small timber blocks cut to size on the saw table for the squares of the board.
The timber blocks set into the board frame with its corner posts, before the resin was poured.
The framed board with masking tape applied around its edges, part-way through finishing.

Next project

Handmade Timber Boxes

Hinged timber presentation box with a brass-coloured clasp, closed, on a glass table.