Here is looking at you - Rising Eye

This is the latest piece of Palm Art coming out of my workshop.  One of the most satisfying pieces. 

Take a think piece of palm leaf, flatten it out a little by soaking it in water to soften it, shaping it, and then drying it out while keeping it flattened. 

Cut a set of concentric rings from the piece of palm with a very thin hand saw (fret saw).  Make the cut slanted by about 10 degrees so that the rings do not fall out of the original plate even when the ring is completely cut. 

Elevate the set of rings in the plate to prepare for the final act. 

Starting from the largest ring on the outside, slide each ring slightly up and out on one side, down and in on the opposite side.  At the end of the process, the last and smallest piece (actually just a disk, not really a ring) - the eye - is almost vertical. 

Here - the eye rising out of the frame - is looking at you.