Though some shapes need shuffling around, chiefly on account of size or proximity to another with the exact same sequence of strips, this is moving along and the background decision has been to go with the shiny black.

Of course, the  three horizontal strips will be joined once all the piecing is done, but as this is a big job and I won’t be showing anything on this work for a while now.  Actually my usual thing is once a work is finished, I don’t show the full view until it has been exhibited somewhere.