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Plate Inlay: The Old Guitarist ~ Picasso w/ elaboration.
Dan can share the representation of this inlay if he wishes. I proudly state that 99.99%
of this was cut out by hand and fitted/assembled by my father. This is a good
representation of the level of inlay expertise he has achieved. Needless to say, I am
extremely proud of him and lucky he's not my competition.
My .01% contribution was the baby wrapped in the red blanked in the mermaid's arms. This
was simply too small for ol' monkey paws. That's all I did.
Just look at this for size comparison:
The materials are:
The Old Guitarist - Dyed maple burl (shirt and pants), holly (skin), gray mother of pearl
(hair). The guitar is koa fretboard, snakewood body & headcap. The pickups are
sterling silver with maple rings. The bridge is brass with sterling silver studs to match
the actual guitar's hardware. I almost cried laughing when he showed me the
bridge...compare it to the size of the #2 screw head right next to it! 
The table is multiple pieces of macassar ebony. The vase and Lily are white and gray
mother of pearl. The corner molding is sycamore. The window is mesquite and spalted maple.
The sky is mexican turquoise and the falling leaf is malachite.
The mermaid picture features a ziricote frame, turquoise sky, chryscolla water, jasper
rocks, paua tail, corian body and gold mother of pearl hair. The baby is red dyed maple
and a little bit of rosewood.
I think that covers everything. About 100 hours went into that, I wonder how long Picasso
spent on his. 
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