Another Scheme

I thought it would be fun to add another color scheme to my rosette design and show some of the process of building it.  My previous "wave" rosette was made with bloodwood and a dyed blue color.  This one is made with pearwood and green.  I thought that these colors would be a bit more subdued and a contrast to the primary colors of the previous rosette of the same design.  

The "bricks" of veneer

There are 10 different layups of veneer for this rosette mosaic 

Strips cut off the "bricks"

Here are the individual strips that are sliced off the bricks of veneer.

The mosaic log

Those ten different strips are then glued together to make the mosaic log.

gluing the mosaic

The log is sliced into little tiles that are placed in a circle.  I'm building the rosette in UHMW plasitc because the glue doesn't stick to it. 

Building the rosettes

I build the rosette in 3 stages; building the mosaic ring first with the outside and inside rings added separately.  

Completed rosette

The completed rosette can be left to dry and then popped out to be used at a later date or the whole thing can be inlaid directly into a waiting top.  

Glued In

Here is that rosette glued into a top with hide glue.

Finished Rosette

Here is the rosette scraped flush and the top is ready to have the soundhole cut out.