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I saw the article in Fine Woodworking and I just had to try my own shot at it. I made this one plus two others (drunken style) for a good friend of mine for their custom made cabinets. They are made of maple and the wide 1/2 inch ribbon is maple and walnut, the 3/8 ribbon is walnut, maple, purpleheart, and alder (alder cut from trees on their land), and the 1/4 inch ribbon is purpleheart. It was a fun project and I learned along the way. There was some frustrations too, since purpleheart is so brittle and doesn't like to bend. I had to abort my glue-up the first time around since right before my gap was closed it snapped and broke so I had to cut thinner strips. Oh well, I learned!