wanted to share this jewelry box - just finished.
the box is koa. the butterfly is several species - the primary ones being -
background - poplar - leaves, and big leaf maple for the petals.
butterfly - wings are black walnut, lower inserts and long body - mulberry, upper inserts - shedua , the small yellow pieces around the edges of the wings and along the body - lemon wood, the center body piece is amboyna burl.
the finish is 7 coats of shellace - then polished - and 2 coats of wax.
i use the double-bevel cutting technique for the marquetry - using home cut veneers.
the box was cut from a single piece of wood so the grain pattern matches all the way around.
thanks for looking.
(hope the pics make it - they did not show up on the post preview)
jerry
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Just beautiful. 
