Continuing the work done in Bocote, I created this unofficial music video for LCD Soundsystem's Someone Great using a very old stop motion animation technique called strata-cut.

To create this film, I shaved off the ends of heavily figured woods at roughly 24 cuts per inch and then photographed them. The 1,200+ still images where then cropped, tiled and cropped again before animating in adobe premier pro. Here are some before and after stills.

Ziricote (After)

For this sample, I wanted to keep the bark (outer edge) intact and present in the final video.

Amboyna (Before)

A prepared sample of Amboyna burl, before turning it into dust.

Amboyna Burl (Before)

Amboyna (After)

A finished still.

Bocote (After)

Below are process images to give you an idea of my setup.

Radial Saw Setup

This plywood jig allows me to digitize the entire wood sample without risking my fingers. It is also used to register the sample for photography. 

Radial Saw Setup

A look down the jig at both samples.

Stop Block

This stop block is set to trim roughly 1/24" at a time from the wood sample.

Stop Block

After trimming the sample one time.

Photography Setup

Two-point lighting with diffusion gels after specially preparing the wood sample for photography.

Photography Setup

From my perspective when taking each photograph.

The Last Slice

The sample was unusable after this.