Doing wood inlays on a wood base to form a design is called marquetry. Normally the base wood is rather substantial. Doing inlays on a wood surface that is less tan ¼" thick and unsupported to boot certainly looks like the tricky end of the art.

: I can think of a few ways of doing this, but not sure which would be best on
: a strip boat? I'm thinking of inlays that are not geometric, free flowing
: forms.