My Marquetry Journey

12. Treasure chest box

Another small wooden box decorated with Marquetry

11. Hexagonal Box

Another marquetry piece, this time a common, cheap, plain hexagonal box, made to look unique and classy

10. Tess & Sally - a tribute in wood

The final drawer of my unit was the hardest yet as I incorporated portraits of my two beloved dogs.

Although you would expect irregular shapes like flowers to be the hardest, I actually found this to be the most difficult so far.

8. Combining Marquetry and Pyrography

So now I can add drawings to my woodwork.

7. Daffodil in wood

More marquetry with Sand Shading as I create this Daffodil design as a drawer front.

6. Tulip in wood

My first endeavour at Sand Shading as I create this Tulip using wood veneers.

5. My First box

Another practice for my marquetry project but this time to understand how to veneer a box.

4. Practice for major project

A major marquetry project in my mind needs a good practice run.

3. Flowers design for drawers

I recently purchased a set of plain wooden drawers. For my next adventure into marquetry (every project is an adventure at the moment) I decided to decorate one of the drawer fronts.

This first drawer front has been decorated with Fuchsia flowers and I found selecting suitable veneers quite challenging.

2. Second attempt at Marquetry

For this second attempt at Marquetry I tried a different technique to see which method I prefer. The "Double Bevel" method is more involved but, in my opinion, gives a better result.

I chose a mirror image of the same Robin so that the only difference between this project and the first, was the method.

1. Marquetry - my first attempt

Having stumbled across Marquetry online this is an account of my first efforts at having a go for myself.

I chose to use the "Window" method as it looked easiest though cutting irregular shapes proved harder than I'd expected. Read this short account of my first experiences

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