Sandpipers for Sandpiper

This is a little decoration for the galley table on my new to me sailboat “Sandpiper”. I looked through a lot of photos before I found one I liked. It seems that sandpipers aren’t particularly pretty birds on the ground. In flight however it’s a different ball game.

What really makes this special is the single piece of Indian Rosewood veneer that forms the background. I have a few pieces like this with the sapwood in the centre.

The big challenge to this project was that it is inlayed into my galley table which is teak plywood with extremely thin veneer. It would have been so easy to sand through….

Thanks for looking…

Paul