Inlays
Easy Inlay makes inlay easy! All of our materials are easy to sand over wood or ceramic, which makes finishing a breeze. These products are made from the sea and the earth: variations in color or figure add to the natural aesthetic.
Find handy Tweezers, Trays, and CA Glue Tips that make your inlay process even easier. Click HERE!
Learn HOW TO inlay our products on the Easy Inlay YouTube Channel!
Paua Abalone / Mother of Pearl
Pieces / Sheets / Strips / Shapes
Paua Abalone (Haliotis iris) is a unique species of abalone found only in New Zealand’s environmentally pure coastal waters. Ours is the highest grade: the interior shell is extremely colorful and exhibits opalescent blues, rich greens, and luminous fiery flashes. Some of our sheets, strips, and shapes are mother of pearl (Pinctada maxima or Haliotis discus hannai).
We have pieces that range in size from 5 to 15+mm for inlay, jewelry, and more. Our strips, sheets, and shapes come in beautiful colors, are super-thin, and have a peel-and-stick PSA backing--you can apply them and you're done. No need to finish over! (But you can if you want to.)
Our Paua Abalone Strips fit our BOLD rings (wood and ceramic) perfectly, too, in a super-easy, make-your-own process. Learn how on a handle HERE.
Pieces
Sheets
Strips
Paua Shapes
MOP Shapes
Paua Hearts
Our shell is farmed sustainably in New Zealand; export is not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. The US Fish & Wildlife Administration considers paua abalone a protected species; due to excessive export fees, we ship these products only within the United States.
Cultured Opal
Ten Colors Coarse: 2-3mm grains plus Krakatoa FINE (2mm grains)
Eight Colors Super Fine: ~ .125 mm grains or 125 microns
2 gram jars
Our jewelry-grade cultured opals add a pop of color that catches the light and the eye; they contain the fire typically seen in rare opals and are optically and physically identical to those found in nature. Large brilliant facets fill larger voids. They're versatile and are easy to crush to fill smaller spaces, too.
No hand crushing, screening and sorting by hand with our Super Fine Opal grind! It’s the perfect solution for fine line inlays, laser engravings, or filling in around larger opal grinds or other inlay material.
Unlike natural opals, the color, luminosity, and brightness of these will not fade over time. They're contained in easy-to-store jars, too.
When used in combination with our coarse 2-3 mm grind, Super Fine surrounds and enhances the inlay, leaving no void without a shimmer, and larger-than-usual flares of iridescence.
2 grams of coarse fill approximately 30-inches by 1/8" wide, by 1/4" deep.
Regular/Coarse
Super Fine
Bermuda
Confetti
Dragon's Eye
Fiji
Marianas
Click on the small images to see examples of:
Coarse alone
Coarse and Super Fine combined
Super Fine alone
Marina
Moonbeam
Viper
Mother of Pearl
Crushed/ Strips / Sheets / Shapes
Our crushed mother of pearl is very rare; very colorful; and soft, not brittle. You can smush it very easily and use alone or mix it into our other inlay materials to add a shimmering translucent effect. These grains add iridescent, colorful shimmer to any inlay design.
1 ounce jar
Our strips, sheets, and shapes come are super-thin and have a peel-and-stick PSA backing--you can apply them and you're done. No need to finish over! (But you can if you want to.)
The US Fish & Wildlife Administration considers mother of pearl a protected species; due to excessive export fees, we ship these products only within the United States.
Crushed
Strips
Sheets
Shapes
Metal Leaf
Flake / Leaf / Starter Kit / Application Kit
Add a luxurious glimmer to gilding, casting, or inlay accents for any woodworking, wood turning, or crafting project! Our metal flake and leaf products can be mixed with a variety of resins, glue size, or finishes. Tamise' gold is also known as Dutch metal
Metal flake and leaf are made of Gold (brass alloy), Copper (copper alloy), and Silver (aluminum alloy). Does not contain real gold or real silver.
Learn how to apply our Metal Leaf on our YouTube channel!
Tamise' Flake
"Gold" Leaf
Copper Leaf
Variegated Leaf
Three Color
Shred
Application Kit
Calcite
Crystal Calcite is a versatile, natural mineral used to create many types of inlay. It can be used as is, or covered with dye to emulate a variety of luxurious gem stones such as sapphire blue, ruby red, jade green, and more. 3-ounce package.
Other materials can be mixed in to enhance its appearance as well, such as metal filings, mother-of-pearl or pearlescent pigments that add a shimmering translucent chatoyance effect.
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