This is a custom inlay on a headstock on a PRS, done by an artist.
You can see the baby blue color of the stock headstock.
I think what they did was get a very thin piece of wood veneer, somehow inlaid the mother of pearl design, and stuck (glued) the piece on the headstock.
How do you think this was done?
I want to try to replicate it, if not exactly, something similar.
I bought some very thin wood veneer (.040" I think - it's like really thin cardboard, or a milk carton). And some mother of pearl veneer that's even thinner (thinner than a business card).
With these materials, I can't see how he did this. The wood and mother of pearl are so brittle. Plus, there is a lot of fine detail here. How did he inlay it so cleanly? This fit on this size couldn't have possibly been done by an xacto knife.
Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?
