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Each item on this page was handcrafted by Mike Taylor in his woodworking studio at Willow Wisp Farm Studios of beautiful and sometimes exotic woods. Marquetry is a major part of the work you in this wall art depicting the lighthouse locted on the coast of North Carolina. Enjoy!
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marquetry, by mike taylor,willow wisp farm studios, north carolina outer banks, light house Bodie Island, NC Lighthouse
1847 - The contractor on the first project was Mr. Francis Gibbons, of Baltimore, who would later become a prominent lighthouse builder on the West Coast. Cost was $5,000 but problems with location and design of the tower caused a ten year delay in construction. The tower was highly unstable and soon after it was completed, it began to lean toward the sea.
1859 - The Bodie Island Lighthouse had deteriorated and the Lighthouse Board secured a $25,000 appropriation from Congress to erect a new tower. This new tower was 80 ft (24 m). and its lantern was a third-order Fresnel lens.
1861 - In the fall of 1861, Confederate troops stacked explosives inside the tower and blew it apart.
1871 - A third lighthouse was completed in 1871 partially with material left over from construction of a new tower at Cape Hatteras. The tower was 156 ft (48 m). with a first order Fresnel lens that made its light visible for 18 nautical miles (33 km). The Bodie tower is painted with white and black horizontal bands.

Bodie Island Lighthouse
Bodie Island Lighthouse 8"x12"
MBT/WALL11: $145.00
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marquetry, by mike taylor, willow wisp farm studios, north carolina outer banks, lighthouse Currituck Beach, NC Lighthouse
In December 1, 1875, the Currituck Beach Light was completed, located between Cape Henry Light and Bodie Island. Unlike its fellows, Currituck Beach Light was not painted, leaving its brick facade visible. In 1939, the lighthouse was automated following a merger of the United States Coast Guard with the Bureau of Lighthouses.

The Outer Banks Conservationists (OBC) performed much of the reconstruction and refurbishing work since 1980 through private funding and volunteer work. Since 1991 visitors have been allowed to climb the original 214 steps to the outdoor gallery. Access to the lens room is not permitted as the first order lens is not only the original lens, but it is still a functioning one. The light comes on every night and shines from 158 feet at 20-second intervals to warn ships hugging the chain of barrier islands along the coast.

In 2003 the Federal Government granted OBC the title to the lighthouse itself. The Coast Guard approved OBC’s ownership proposal over that of an application submitted by Currituck County (the county in which the lighthouse is located). Through state and federal legislative maneuvering, the county sued OBC to try to acquire the property. The case was finally settled in 2006. OBC remains the owner of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Currituck Beach Lighthouse 8"x12"
MBT/WALL12: $145.00



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Marquetry Light House Collection