Marquetry with Paul Schürch

Marquetry is the art of creating pictures and patterns out of wood veneer glued to surfaces in furniture, art work, boxes, and architectural panels. In marquetry, the entire surface is covered with a background veneer with patterns or pictures made of veneer. In inlays, a piece or pieces of wood are recessed into a solid-wood backing. Marquentry techniques have developed over centuries in many different colors.

You'll make and finish a marquetry panel of your own design, which you can later incorporate into a jewelry box, small cabinet, or other project. You'll learn how to cut the pieces using packet, contour, and knifing techniques and illuminate how simple this process can be. You can apply the concepts to future projects big and small.

The class covers:

• Obtaining veneer for marquetry.
• Flattening, storing, and handling.
• Creating a marquetry design and drawing the cartoon.
• Cutting the veneers on a scroll saw the smart way.
• Adding shading with hot sand for depth and realism.
• Gluing, sanding, and finishing.
• Clamping mechanically vs. in a vacuum press.
• Pressing veneer to create curved panels.

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