Well here's the deal with that tho. Vwls would get first dibs on the violet if I keep the blue. That's because the color/pattern is unbelievably close to what her 'dream
mod' looks like, even tho Valheli asked first. But it's not Valheli's dream piece that he's been pining for months about, so being a gentleman, I know he'd understand.
As for the blue, here is what he said in the return PM:
"I figured that you would be more than pleased once you got them. They are much nicer in hand than in a picture. I do not have any more of the Violet, sorry about that. I may get some dark purple done soon, much like the Violet, but a deeper purple color."
Soooooo... he's about to make more DARK violet, I think in Box Elder, which are those crazy swirly colors (my dark one is BLUE, and it's maple, the violet is Box Elder). So, that means it may be even nicer than what I have (he doesn't know either, he hasn't made it yet).
I don't know what I want to do yet... I will keep them on my desk and over time figure it out. What is hypnotic about them are not the faces but the SIDES. The blue one has these jagged lightning patterns on the sides (the long grain side) that are iridescent, any rock collector here would know what Hells Canyon petrified wood is, very rare, exquisite patterns... that are on the side of this in soft pink, violet and pale teal. That's on the BLUE one.
The back of the violet one has a PINK cloud. Both of these seem like experiments or something, they have way more than 2 colors, and light and dark patches don't account for the difference in not just shade but actual different colors. The word stunning does not adequately describe what it looks like...