This was the first time I’ve tried to make anything significant in a round shape. A coworker traded me some MCM furniture for this little guy. He’s really big into board games, and wanted a bespoke place to throw dice that would stand out as a conversation piece too.
I couldn’t leave well enough alone, so I had to add some details, the darker bands you see are actually end-grain. I made those by taking the smallest of some leftover scraps and reーgluing them together into irregular arrangements and then jointing the down to a usable size and flatness. The pictures don’t do them justice but when you look close there is a mosaic effect that was created. I also added the top edge profile to mimic the edge profile on the sideboard he gave me.
This was a challenging mind bender, and my wife liked it so much she asked that I make one for our house too. We aren’t gamers, but maybe when we have get togethers we can do すべらない話 over drinks with friends.
Scraps and Cutoffs 