back at the office

It was like starting from zero. For some reason, I was a clueless moron yesterday that had to relearn everything I'd ever been taught about woodworking. Thankfully, my project turned out far better than I had imagined. In fact, at halftime I had completely given up hope it would turn out at all and resigned to start over. Nevertheless, I soldiered on and in the end it worked out.

The commission came from a family in Southern California, 5 sushi boards w/ chopsticks. The original purchase was the set of 2 boards I was selling on my Etsy at a discounted price and then 3 more boards were added later. I decided to royally hook this family up. I went to the lumber supply store and picked through a massive stack of milo for an hour to
find the perfect milo board. I made their sushi boards from the same plank, which just felt like the right thing to do, considering they are a family and all...

I photographed them in 3 stages. The first image is after I lacquered the underside, the second is the top of the boards untreated, and the last is the food surface treated with macadamia nut oil. Someone, please remind me to never, ever, take a month off from the woodshop again? Thank you.