The interwoven ‘transitional marquetry’ technique tricks the eye and mind into thinking it is a single material surface when, in fact, it consists of white and black mother– of–pearl highlights and two different kinds of wood that transition from light to dark, creating tonal changes under the light.
The pattern is created using micro marquetry which — depending on the pattern’s background colour and size — tricks the light – sensitive colour cones in the back of the eye into ‘thinking’ the foreground colour tone differs from the actual colour, creating the transitional colour effect.
Materials – Myrtle burr, walnut burr, elm burr, black & white mother of peal.