Truth be told, I’m not a fan of jigsaw puzzles.
Nevertheless, I just spent an hour after work sorting through a pile of little veneer shapes from this (and another tray of bits)
Too many pieces. Since I’m stack cutting using the “Boulle” method I have 7 of each part (background, 3 greens, 3 flower colors) plus the front and back “waster” veneers from the packet.
To start assembling the marquetry picture I’m working on. I’m assembling it onto low-tack shelf paper. Once I have the colors all composed, I’ll remove the parts a few at a time and sand shade them.
It only seems tedious when you’re doing it…
Assembly so far. I’m having trouble locating a couple of small leaves…I’ll move on to the remaining two flowers and maybe they will turn up.
Even with the mix of colors, it still looks flat without sand shading. But first I have to find all of the little bits!
Close up of one flower, this is about the size of a silver dollar.
I’m no fan of jigsaw puzzles either.
It looks good man. The turnovers from dark green to light already have a pretty good 3D to them.
I’m amazed at the number of pieces that were generated. This will be an impressive piece of work Joe.
Greg
Looking good. It’s a lot of work to sort through all that.