Frame made from Brazilian Lacewood with White Oak inlays in the corners.

Art within is from Circle Square Diamond, a company who makes SUPER cool “modern artwork for fans of mountains” – they basically map out the topography of ski mountains with the associated colors of green/blue/black according to the trail difficulty.

It turns out I am unfortunately violently allergic to Lacewood, and I broke out in savage hives over the course of over a month, calmed only by multiple steroids…so make sure to always remember to wear your respirator and use caution when using foreign materials before you know how you react to them!

Blueprinting

Piece selected

Pre table saw

Pieces cut down for the two sides

Grain preview on the sides

Frame skeleton cut to size

Mitering the corners

Dry-fitting to see how it all lines up

Digging biscuit routes

Biscuits!

Preparing for the glue-up

Gluing together

All together!

Adding inlays

Mapping out

Ready for injection

Drawing out positioning

Routed out the majority of it

Putting one of the pieces in

Chiseling out the corners

Chiseled

Setting in

Gluing in

Gluing in and clamping

Routing out the inside

Routed edges, need chiseling

Chiseled

Signed

Polyurethaned

Inlays all dried!

Pre-finish

Still wet from the poly

All finished!

Glass prep

Art insertion

Backing placement

Backing mounting

Final product

Final product

Final product

Final product

Final product

Final product

Final product

Hives as a result of the lacewood dust settling on my skin.