Rosettes and other round objects

John Griswold
6 min readOct 8, 2021
No going back now, glued in good

Okay, so the rosette is the main round object here. I did use my bending iron to form the purfling rings, it’s round, and the top is kind of round, but mostly the title needed a little alliterative punch, so accuracy takes a back seat.

I got stuck on the design for the rosette. It’s the first personal touch to go into the guitar and the first one anybody sees. I had an impulse to work Griz, my adopted job…

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John Griswold

Master carpenter, watercolor artist and beat up old jock…owned by Black Lab Bo who considers two tennis balls a minimum mouthful