<img width="1920" height="1080" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Wenge bowties inlayed into Mesquite live edge slab - Handcrafted in Colorado" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=365%2C205&ssl=1 365w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=267%2C150&ssl=1 267w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" data-attachment-id="8381" data-permalink="https://www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/podcast/inlaying-a-bow-tie-with-mallet-and-chisel/bow-tie-floating-shelf-close-up/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?fit=365%2C205&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bow-Tie-Floating-Shelf-close-up.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1" />In an age of routers and precision machines, for this project, I decided to go back to the fundamentals. Today, I’m inlaying these decorative bow ties using nothing but a mallet and a set of chisels.

In an age of routers and precision machines, for this project, I decided to go back to the fundamentals. Today, I’m inlaying these decorative bow ties using nothing but a mallet and a set of chisels.

Inlaying a Bow Tie with Mallet and Chisel

Mixed media artist Brian Benham from Benham Design Concepts demonstrates how he designs and fabricates high-end custom furniture and works of art he makes from concept to completion.
This is a Video Podcast, Please vist https://www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/podcast/ to watch.

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Mixed media artist Brian Benham from Benham Design Concepts demonstrates how he designs and fabricates high-end custom furniture and works of art he makes from concept to completion. This is a Video Podcast, Please vist https://www.benhamdesignconcepts.com/podcast/ to watch.

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