How to Create an End Grain Wood Cutting Board With a Remarkable 3-D Optical Illusion at the Center

Russian craftsman Andrei of MTM Wood who makes beautiful end grain wood cutting boards, has generously provided instructions for creating what he calls “3D end grain cutting board #1” one of many highly creative optical illusion boards.

Sometimes I make 3D end grain cutting boards. I want to show you how to make simple and good looking 3D end grain cutting board. I called it a 3D end grain cutting board #1, because I have about fifteen 3D boards and it is not easy to give name to each board.

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3D end grain cutting board #1

3D end grain cutting board #1

3D end grain cutting board #1

3D end grain cutting board #1

3D end grain cutting board #1

images by MTM Wood

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