re: Butterfly Bowl

That is awsum (echo)... you guys  knock these projects out of the ball park.
Damn, I always see the negative... if you use the bowl, you can't see that great butterfly and if you wanna see the butterfly, why make a great looking bowl.

Don't know how you segment, however, if you haven't got one, this Mitreset segment is a worthy investment if you do a lot and want quick accurate setup. Just set the two pins,,

and adjust your mitre guide on those pins,

for the correct 16 segment °.

Not sure how small your little  larva  butterflies were, and I'm assuming you are lasering, I used inlays in this project, and not my "normal" Timbermate backfill. To give a sense of size,, in the "Muzz"

the "M" is 28mm x 23mm and the "u" is 14mm x 13mm, so they are not overly big and "intricate"...

If I'm preaching to the converted I apologise, but there may be someone that will find the following informative.

I cut out the recess for the inlay in the base.  I have come to an acceptable laser kerf of .2mm which I use to increase the inlay by that amount ("Contour" command in CorelDraw)... making the inlay .4mm bigger.  I then work on the principle that the kerf entry is a tad wider than the exit (no scientific evidence, just a gut feeling), I invert the inlay and cut that way. After righting the inlay I lay it on the base... it is snug on  contact.  Using a flat piece of wood on top, I genlty hammer it in place with a 20lb sledge... just kidding, tap it in with a small mallet.  You just have to remember to keep the little in between pieces of the letters cut out from the base to hammer into the inlay