Ash parquet table

Here we have a rather lovely parquet veneered side table I made from ash. The woven effect comes from cutting each individual veneer tile, shaping them all in a jig and carefully scorching the end of each one in very hot sand.  (The trick, I found, is to use tweezers!)  They were then arranged and glued down in a grid and tucked in with some ebony stringing to create this rather effective  decorative pattern..  Hope you like it.

Don't think my dodgy trainers improve this photo at all!