I’m probably three hours into assembling this marquetry picture, and it’s definitely kicking my butt. It’s some kind of sadistic jigsaw puzzle created by a psychopathic game designer. Imagine a puzzle where all of the parts are the same color, and are so small you need to use tweezers. Now mix seven different colors of the same puzzle, and remove a half dozen critical parts.
But I’m so close to moving on to the next step. I have probably six more parts to find…or re-make, then I can start the sand shading process. We’ll see if I have the patience to work on this more today.
Here is the picture, test assembled. The all-red roses have no depth or separation between the parts without sand shading.
Here is a close up of the problem area. Maybe I can get my wife and son to comb through the remaining parts one more time before I have to resort to re-making these parts.
Problem area. The piece of Mahogany background doesn’t fit right, and I’m missing 3 stems, two leaves and a bit of background.
McGlynn on Making 
Oh this look like fun….well, maybe not 🙂
I’m not sure I’ll have the patience.
Hang in there, you are almost done 🙂
Bob, ducking and running thru snowbanks.
How can I get a job there? I want to be psychopathic and sadistic at work, oh, wait. Nevermind.