This is my first piece of marquetry for a competition.
It took about 36 hours to complete, and I was quite happy with the outcome. Next time I will make sure I have the right materials at hand as the background piece of veneer I used was too small, and I ended up with the work off centre so had to place a border around the edge. Then I scraped the surface away top right to expose the background wood! Not good, you live and learn.