POV: Making straw checkerboards in desert 🌵 Every grid is made by hand, part of a long fight against desertification and a quiet effort to protect the environment. Would you take part in this someday? #POV #DesertLife #smallaction #walkinxinjiang #ImmersiveTravel #Chinatravel | 華夏focus

@beardedwalrusww • I’m a little obsessed with checkerboards. The problem is, making them isn’t the easiest thing to do! My trick is using my bandsaw to split every checkerboard I make perfectly in half. This works great for my process because I only need about 3/16 to laminate on top of the board’s base anyway, but also it immediately doubles the amount of checkerboards that I’ve made. This makes it so I basically get two mountain surfboards out of one checkerboard! Streamlined process 🤙🏼 Shou