The top is flat. It's made of a number of pieces of veneer cut into a pattern and shaded in the areas that you would expect to see shadows so that you see a waving flag and not a flat top.
That is an incredible top. Makes you want to touch it…which I believe is the greatest sign of accomplishment. Thank you for sharing this….right into favorites.
Awesome, I can't stop looking at that thing. I'd love to see the proccess of that. Superb shading job. I don't think i can even make one like that on photoshop. How many hours total? I bet a lot of people would read a blog about that.
A+ on design. is that walnut wrapping it? I bet most people dont even look at that wood…lol nice joinery also
The veneers that makes up the top are padauk and maple. The body of the box is wenge with maple feathers in the corner. The box has a padauk interior. The box and veneer panel took more than 40 hours to build.