I made a couple paper bowties and painted them with some acrylic burnt umber (i really like my 'Van gogh acrylic 10 pcs set by the way, i did use a light brown mix of it to fill the pores in the ash, perhaps i should fill the mahogany pores as well to keep it as stable as possible too
Here you can get a visual of what kind of look im thinking of, functional and stylish (if done right), im sure some of you have some great and aesteticly pleasing tips, bring it