![]() ![]() It's certainly interesting, and the creator's tagline "Help me, I can't stop" is a great summation of the cutting board craze. I'm undecided on this "bulge effect" look, here pictured by caocian. He's using veneers, plus puttying and coloring the voids in black. This one by Jim Sellers is compelling, but the round shape is a hard sell for me. Here's a selection of some of the nicer boards from Lumberjocks, each one credited to its builder. ![]() Some of these are veneered or otherwise are more suitable as serving boards than end grain working chopping blocks. Here we'll look at only what's referred to as "3D" cutting boards, which is to say that the design of the board, specifically the wood species selection and alternate color placement, is planned such that the board exhibits a striking multidimensional, illusory, or raised-surface visual effect. Specifically, the folks at are contributing hugely to the work. ![]() More importantly, they can be meticulously designed and built, and then shown off on the internet, and that's enough to create a DIY craze. They can be created for fun and sold for what amounts to $10 or $20 an hour of labor. The labor involved in creating these boards means that they can't really be produced economically at scale. ![]()
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