Marquetry is an age-old woodworking practice made popular by French king Louis XIV, it involves laying veneers like a puzzle to create an ornamental pattern. Today, multicoloured examples have ...
Featuring pieces by 22 artists from 6 countries, a new exhibit of outstanding work in marquetry wowed an opening reception crowd at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in ...
Race day finery is latest eye-catching design from The Veneerist founder Ciarán Mc Gill ‘When I walk out the front door of my workshop, the Bluestack Mountains are right there. Though I get the ...
We associate it with Louis XVI, art nouveau furniture and the wall decorations of clubhouses, but when we talk about it we are generally referring to something quite different. Marquetry, otherwise ...
OF ALL THE ARTISTIC techniques used by designers and cabinetmakers over the centuries, marquetry would seem the least likely to enjoy a 21st-century resurgence. It takes forever. It's prohibitively ...