Marquetry -- the art of "painting with wood" -- is the focus of this project as a variety of wood veneers are used to create a free-flowing leaf design that's assembled and laid out onto a single background sheet of veneer. Rich yellow satin-wood, olive wood, zebra wood and bubinga are cut to form the artwork. The delicate inlay is cut to fit the background perfectly by bevel-cutting pieces simultaneously using a scroll saw and tiny saw-blade. Once the wood "painting" is complete, the artwork is glued to a substrate to form the base of the tray. The frame of the tray is created by cove-cutting and hand-sculpting bubinga to form smooth outward-bending arc.
