shloshing shellac on fretwork?

Hi, I am currently finishing up a wall clock which is made of 1/4" solid Cherry. It looks like such:

have the thing glued together and will be spraying blonde shellac on it for a finish. But before spraying, I would like to use something on the interior of the fretwork cuts. I think using a 'spit coat' of 1/2# cut shellac and 'sloshing' it through the cuts and over the surface should work, then spraying my coats of shellac on the flat faces. Does this sound like a decent approach, or do you have any other suggestions? BLO, Danish Oil under the shellac, etc? How do you fretworker folks finish your inside cuts? In the past I have sloshed stain before the clear coat, but I know from this group that stain on cherry is evil.

Also, thanks to the folks who offered advice on the resawing process to create the 1/4 cherry panels. It worked very well!

Thanks, Rob