In information visualization and graphic design, Truchet tiles (first described in a 1704 memoir by Sébastien Truchet) are square tiles often decorated with computer-generated patterns that are not rotationally symmetric. When placed in a square tiling of the plane, they can form varied patterns, and the orientation of each tile can be used to visualize information associated with the tile's position within the tiling (Wikipedia). In this particular example, my friend and collaborator Tobias Grothmann (@tobias_grothmann on Instagram or www.tobiasgrothmann.de) created a truchet tile patter and then ERASED segments using a tightening spiral to form a wonderful negative space composition which I then recreated in Black Walnut and Inlaid Brass. The tray frame is made from New England air-dried Black Walnut. Finished in food safe shellac and/or wax. Approximate dimensions 14”L x 8”W x 1”H.