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painting with sliced trees, where the brush is a knife and patience is the only pigment.
wood mosaicimages assembled from thin veneers of different woods
french courtperfected by Louis XIV's cabinetmaker Andre-Charles Boulle
packet cuttingstacked veneers sawn at once for matching pieces
beyond woodalso uses bone, ivory, shell, and metals
sand shadinghot sand scorches edges to fake depth and shadow