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Marquetry Panels, "Greek & Roman Mythology"

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#1 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

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#2 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
In true Dennis fashion, this won't be easy or simple, will it? :)

Looks pretty good. It looks like your design pretty well contemplates how the pieces will need to be cut. You going to be using dyed veneers for colors or going to try and go all natural with the veneer selections?

Always fun to watch you at work Dennis.
 

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#3 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Thanks for posting, much appreciated. Looking forward to the rest.
 

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#4 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Looks pretty challenging - - but then it wouldn't keep you interested if it wasn't ! Look forward to watching the journey!
 

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#5 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Amazing work….really like it. Thanks for showing us.
 

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#6 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
will be fun to watch your progress looks like another item in my favorites :<))
 

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#7 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Looking good Dennis. Welcome back to the marquetry world. We've missed you!
 

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#8 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Didn't I just make that last week? Your awesome Dennis, super work.
 

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#9 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Thank you everyone for your kind words, Iv'e been on this Lumberjocks web site for around 10 years and I still have fun posting.

Hi Gary, I'll use a mix of some dyed veneers but mostly natural veneers. And It won't be easy but it should be fun.
 

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Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!















You are a true professional Dennis, well done.
 

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#11 ·
Design, Artwork, & Color

These three marquetry panels are for a customer in Europe that I have made furniture for in the past. They have been waiting for almost three years for me to get started. They are history buffs and wanted three different panels. They sent me some pictures to go by.

To design the project I use AutoCad, then using colored pencils to help me figure out which types of veneer to use.

The size of each panel is 13" wide x 42" long.

1. Athena: The Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. "Greek Mythology"

2. Mars: The God of War, "Roman Mythology"

3: Medusa: Generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her face would turn to stone. "Greek Mythology"

The faces, of the three men are unknown to me. This should be a fun project for me since just finishing up three life size statues, and 2 1/2 years, this will be a much faster project.

Thank you for looking!!!

Creative arts Wood Art Pattern Reptile


Wood Gesture Art Finger Creative arts


Wood Fruit Tree Natural material Sugar-apple


Textile Beard Art Wood Wall


Head Textile Wood Art Painting


Vertebrate Temple Mammal Beard Art


Rectangle Wood Font Painting Art


Wood Building Picture frame Art Shelf
Looking forward to reading your complete blog on this Dennis. Your work is always fascinating and top quality.
 

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#12 ·
Selecting Veneer, Cutting, Gluing

Here are a few pictures of me selecting the veneers, piecing together the veneer packet. Then with hot animal glue applying paper to the veneer. This keeps the veneers together while flattening each layer, keeping the veneer together while cutting the veneer packet.
Then nailing the packet to a piece of plywood with small brad nails, each packet has 10 sheets of veneer for one finished marquetry panel.
By prying off the 10 pieces of veneer from the plywood and flipping over to snip off the tip of the nails. Then with a small pin hammer I rivet the nail to the backside of the veneer packet.
With a scroll saw and a jewelers blade 1# cut out all the pieces, then hot silicone sand to shade the pieces that need shading.
Next place all the pieces onto double sided film paper to stick the marquetry down to the plywood caul for gluing to the substrate.
Next with a glue roller with yellow glue spread onto both the marquetry and the substrate.
Then place into a vacuum bag with a presser pump and let the glue dry for a couple of hours.
The last step I scrape off the paper with a cabinet scraper.
Thank you for looking!!!

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#13 ·
Selecting Veneer, Cutting, Gluing

Here are a few pictures of me selecting the veneers, piecing together the veneer packet. Then with hot animal glue applying paper to the veneer. This keeps the veneers together while flattening each layer, keeping the veneer together while cutting the veneer packet.
Then nailing the packet to a piece of plywood with small brad nails, each packet has 10 sheets of veneer for one finished marquetry panel.
By prying off the 10 pieces of veneer from the plywood and flipping over to snip off the tip of the nails. Then with a small pin hammer I rivet the nail to the backside of the veneer packet.
With a scroll saw and a jewelers blade 1# cut out all the pieces, then hot silicone sand to shade the pieces that need shading.
Next place all the pieces onto double sided film paper to stick the marquetry down to the plywood caul for gluing to the substrate.
Next with a glue roller with yellow glue spread onto both the marquetry and the substrate.
Then place into a vacuum bag with a presser pump and let the glue dry for a couple of hours.
The last step I scrape off the paper with a cabinet scraper.
Thank you for looking!!!

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Wood Textile Flooring Floor Art


Wood Art Artisan Flooring Engineering


Wood Art Flooring Engineering Tableware


Table Wood Engineering Tableware T-shirt


Hand Handwriting Wood Writing implement Artist


Hand Wood Gesture Finger Flooring


Wood Finger Gesture Thumb Material property


Wood Finger Gesture Art Line


Wood Finger Art Creative arts Wood stain


Hand Wood Finger Art Creative arts


Automotive design Wood Eyewear Table Art


Food Ingredient Recipe Dish Cuisine


Wood Gesture Art Font Creative arts


Table Wood Tableware Beige Wood stain


Wood Font Motor vehicle Art Wall


Hand Wood Gesture Finger Wood stain


Hand Wood Finger Creative arts Table


Wood Table Wood stain Art Font


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Hand Wood Gesture Finger Scratch awl


Brown Wood Rectangle Art Font


Shorts Table Wood Art T-shirt


Hood Wood Floor Flooring Automotive exterior


Wood Scaled reptile Flooring Wood stain Hardwood
Looks fantastic Dennis! All those little pieces cut on a scroll saw just amazes me. I could never get consistent results cutting small on a scroll saw that is why I turned to the chevalet. I look forward to seeing more.
 

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