DianeZevosDiZigns
Di cutting pearl
stopping for a smile
Diane Zevos began her quest to learn the art of inlay in 2013. John bought a new band saw that year and he cut out a heart for her with this message and the quest became…Heart Art. Using beautiful and sometimes exotic hardwoods, the heart art began as a split heart pearl inlay and blossomed into almost any design inlaid into the woods.
Purpleheart wood heart with Golden Mother-of-Pearl poinsettia inlay
Purpleheart wood heart with Golden Mother-of-Pearl rose inlay
Purpleheart wood heart with Golden Mother-of-Pearl split and solid shamrock inlay dyed green
Purpleheart wood heart with Golden Mother-of-Pearl split heart inlay
Ebony wood heart with Golden Mother-of-Pearl Calla Lily inlay
Hearts, clockwise beginning at left: Ebony, Myrtle, Cherry, Bubinga and Redheart (all with Golden Mother-of-Pearl inlays)
Elongated Ebony heart with raw edge and Abalam heart inlay
DianeZevosDiZigns makes hearts with initials or names inlaid, and her own line of Remembrance Hearts for a deceased loved one.
Di especially loves to take funky, interesting pieces of wood and then inlay into them.
Birdseye Maple piece with: Ebony butterfly with Abalam wings and dots; bird with Rosewood head and tail, wings of Black & White Ebony and Tiger Caspi and Osage Orange belly; and daisy of Golden Mother-of-Pearl with orange acrylic center inlay.
Birdseye Maple back
The Poplar Circle shown here is a tribute to the Pennsylvania Dutch Hex signs that she has made in the past.
Unique Maple piece with Abalone heart mosaics
Poplar circle with: wood heart inlays of Redheart and Black & White Ebony; Abalone and Pearl leaf inlays; and Rosewood center dot