These are two 1/4' walnut and cherry inlay panels I just finished the glue up on - not sanded or finished yet (after they are inlaid) and will be on the front and back of a small walnut box.
I'll cut, and glue up the side panels (3" shorter) for the ends and I'll make waterfall joints at the four corners of the box to make it all appear to flow around the four small radius corners of the box.
This is another one of my "give it a go and see what happens) projects.
@Convivial no, not 45 degree miters - too simple😁 They will begin as box joints, very tight box joints where the inlays align perfectly at the joint (the most tricky part) and then carefully round those corners so that the front inlays' back edge is invisible and you have a joint that flows around the radius seamlessly.
Or that's my mental picture of the process, how it will go together and the outcome. Who knows what the end result will be, and since I've never seen corners joints done that way, it may end up wonky. Which happens to me a lot with my projects that materialize in my head😂
You would have had (I did) lots of laughs at my last project, which was a small folding portable table for use outdoors. The pivoting joints (so it would fold yet be steady and study when set up) were a trick.
