My husband and I are making a line of pet-related items. We love dogs are involved in animal rescue so it seemed appropriate. Anyway, this is my first item, an Urn I made for my sweet Chi Walter. It is inlaid using Maple, Cherry and Walnut. (The moon is painted).
I have been researching better ways to design inlay in inkscape but I kind of like the black around the pieces. At least it is acceptable to me until I get better … lol.
Feedback appreciated 
It’s beautiful.
Sorry about Walter.
That is so neat! Sorry about your loss.
You did a beautiful job! Walter was clearly loved 
For the future, this may be of help - it’s specifically talking about letters, but the information can be used for any shape:
Thank you. We lost Walter a couple of years ago, just wanted to upgrade his resting place. We added a foam bed before screwing on the bottom plate so his ashes had a soft place to rest.
Awwwww! 
This is a very nice idea that will undoubtedly give pet owners comfort. 
That is awesome! What a lovely remembrance of your pet.
@deirdrebeth as they says parts is parts and shapes is shapes
This is a very special way to remember a pet. Great idea.
That is amazingly well done. I wish I’d had this thought for when my horse passed away a couple of years ago.
With the wood inlay, if you want to make the edges less visible, I’ve had good luck with mixing a bit of sawdust in with some wood glue, and smearing it along the seam. It’s only a useful trick if you’re sanding the pieces, of course - if you use prefinished material (like proofgrade), most folks don’t sand it.
Second trick that I’ve found when doing wood inlays on the Glowforge, is to do the full design in each material you’re going to use for the inlay. This makes it so that you use a complete file of all the cut lines on each type of material, and then combine the various materials in different ways to make the inlayed pieces - consequently, the seam is always the width of your laser. I find this works really well for doing an inlay class, because you use less materials (everyone in the class just trades pieces with another participant). I think it would also work well if you’re doing preconstructed pieces for sale, in a setting where you aren’t making each one unique - you’d end up with two or three variations on the same design, which have slightly different aesthetics because of which colors are in a given location. If you’re selling premade pieces at a craft festival, there will always be the person who says “do you have this box but in a (lighter/darker) wood?”, and if you don’t make the sale then, you might not get another chance.
Beautiful work.
Great food for thought … Thank you.
Thank you … This is exactly the place I have been looking at.
It is so very nice! Really great work!
What a great design! <3 Sorry for the loss of your furry friend. <3
You did a wonderful job!
So sorry about Walter
Absolutely beautiful. Don’t change a thing.
I especially like trick 2
What a sweet memorial for little Walter.
