For the decorations on the cover we first transferred the designs onto the plywood:

Then cleared the paper so only the toner from the photocopies stays:

later we cut away all borders and internal pieces that should be hollow:

Then It’s a matter of pyrographing all bas-reliefs:

Giving it a couple coats of pain and varnish:

And finally assembling:

And those are the decorations!

Next up… making some scarabs maybe?