The Fine Art of Marquetry: Creating Images in Wood Using Sawn Veneers

By Craig Vandall Stevens

Master furniture craftsman Craig Vandall Stevens takes you from novice to advanced woodworker with this illustrated guide to marquetry, a technique where different colors of wood veneers are carefully cut to fit precisely together, forming a single sheet of veneer. Explore your creative potential and learn the essential elements of marquetry: using a fret saw, sawing your own veneers from solid wood planks, the tools and materials required for marquetry, choosing wood, design, shading with hot sand, and applying a shellac finish. Finally, follow Stevens as he demonstrates making a beautiful, simple box with a marquetry top.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764334999
• ISBN13: 9780764334993
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.0"