Beneath are some amazing photos from our customer Robert Fontana.  It's these kinds of photos that make us as Brusso excited to do our jobs.  Knowing that we were a small part of such a beautiful project is a real motivation for us all.  Here's some background Bob provided:

This box won First Place and Peoples' Choice Awards at the 2011 Northwest Fine Woodworking Box & Container Show in Seattle, WA. It had 4 marquetry panels copying 18th century woodblock prints by the Japanese master Hokusai. The box used Brusso's stop hinges (JB-101) and was trimmed throughout in Hawaiian koa.

I am a retired Electrical Engineer (ran my own small business in radar and communications systems for 25 years), and got interested in woodworking prior to my retirement in 2008. I love marquetry, and the incorporation of multi-media techniques -- e.g., inlays of semi-precious stones, pyrography, acrylics for enhancement, gilding techniques, etc.

Bob is a member of the American Marquetry Society and teaches marquetry techniques at the Woodworkers Club in Rockville, MD.