Done with a bunch of leftover veneer scraps of Maple, Makore, & Mahogany veneers for the main field,  Austrailin Walnut for the field border, a Maple line inlay and solid Cherry for the trim.  The base is solid cherry.

The pattern is one of classic tile/floor design broken down to the trapezoid.  I had seen a floor in the background of a commercial one day, and I thought it would make an interesting table.  I cut all the trapezoids individually and then pieced the whole field together.  The table base was designed “on-the-fly” after the top was finished.  Some have called this piece the Escher table as he was fond of using the same geomerty in many if his drawings.

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