I saw a cutting board with interesting pattern on a SawMill Creek thread.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/articles/2/

This inspired me for a simple project. This is a gift for a colleague who
just left my team.

I had some drops of black walnut and hickory from an earlier project.

I had purchasd some lacewood and bloodwood due to the unique grain of the
former and striking colour of the latter. I did not have any project in
mind at the time, but I thought they would add good contrast to a future
project.

The SawMill Creek tutorial starts with 1/32in strips and increments by
1/32in. This is a lot of wasted wood, even with a 3/32in thin kerf blade.

I used 1/8in for the starting strip and incremented by 1/8in. I did not
like the 1/8in strip being at the outside and so decided this would be a
good use of the lacewood.

Bloodwood for the cutting board ends.

Cutting board oil for the finish. This may not be used for cutting, but
just in case.

Dave Paine.