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   john_c2 | Mar 13, 2022 02:33pm | #1

   Yeah, lots of bits of wood glued together. Lots of time and patience.

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   uniquecreator82 | Mar 13, 2022 03:32pm | #2

   Have you done this? What is the name of the general type of construction. It's not marquetry, or parquetry, or fret design? or what???

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   uniquecreator82 | Mar 13, 2022 03:34pm | #3

   What keeps the design so perfectly geometric and not get lopsided, anywhere.??

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   rob_ss | Mar 13, 2022 07:40pm | #4

   Ouch - almost got a migraine just looking at it.

   This appears to have been made with marquetry, and the answer to how is skill and practice. Every piece cut to fit the pattern.
   You can maintain the geometry by building up smaller parts (like the big jaggy triangles) with their decoration, then trimming those to an exact fit.

   You can do something similar with long blocks of wood glued together to make the pattern then sliced up, but this piece was made one little bit at a time.

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   mikaol | Mar 13, 2022 07:54pm | #5

   How are you at carving?

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   pantalones868 | Mar 14, 2022 05:35am | #6

   Do you know anything about the clock? Where was it made ? I've seen similar work done in SE Asia. Vietnam particularly. They do some remarkable inlay and marquetry there and seriously under paid for it as well!