Our design for the intarsia was based on the registered badge for the Queen of Meridies: Argent, on a pale sable, a crown of three points, above each point a mullet argent, overall a chaplet of roses counterchanged. At the directive of Michael Lazarus, we used cherry for areas of sable, and maple for areas colored argent.
As this was to be our first effort at inlay, and that effort to be for the Royal House of Meridies, we wanted to take no chance that our inlay might wear out under use, and chose to make our inlaid components a full 1/4 of an inch thick. Later research has shown most intarsia and inlay to be much thinner, but Lord Richard and I rest comfortably knowing that a thousand generations of Meridian royalty can rest their delicate feet 'pon our work, and never fear that it will wear through.
Our technique for the intarsia layout was both straightforward and effective. We printed out the device using a computer and plotter, similar to the technique we used in the detail layout section. We cut the print out of the device into it's component pieces and spray mounted them to boards of the appropriate color.