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A member of my woodworkers guild is a highly accomplished Marquetry Artist.
He was kind enough to put on a class for us, and this is what I made.
Marquetry is a very beautiful way to express wood grain, pattern and color.
It was also very difficult for an old fumble fingers like me to manipulate all the small pieces into place. haha
It also takes some exacting scroll saw cutting.
I cut splines into the frame edges and inserted pieces of the veneer we used to make the pictures, to show how thin the material is that you work with.
I thought this was a cool way of showing that, and the contrast in color added a little something as well.
Both these pieces have five different species of wood and the shading on the flower and leaf edges is done by dipping each piece into hot sand to slightly scorch them.
The frames are made with tiger stripped maple I won in a contest and have wonderful color. And I added a Lexan frame face to protect the fragile pieces.
Finish was boiled linseed oil.
This was very fun and something I may get in to a little further.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

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Those really came out great, Eric. I'd love to try it, but I just don't think I'm up to it. You dun good!
 

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Eric those are very neat
I definitely don't have nimble enough fingers
I admire those who can though

Jamie
 

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Very nice Eric. Looks like those "fumble" fingers did just fine
 

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Nice job on the pictures.
 

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These are amazing Eric! Great job. I would love to learn how to do that, but I would need to improve alot to get to the "Fumble Finger" stage. LOL Thanks for sharing
 

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sweet work eric

always good to go where
'fingers haven't been before'

always something new
 

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Very nice and I would hang that on my wall anytime .
It's a wonderful and creative way to make a picture and you have done well !
 

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Very nice marquetry pieces , Eric!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....................Jim
 

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great work Wrecker.
 

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beautiful! so cool to see so many styles!
 

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Very well done Eric. You had a good teacher.
Your sand shading is excellent and you are obviously better than I am with the scroll saw.
As for the big old "fumble fingers", tweezers are a big help sometimes and the tool in this post is even better. There's a little video at the end that shows how it's used.
Good luck with your marquetry, but I warn you it's a slippery slope. ..... :)
 

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Real art, nice frames too.
 

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Pretty Work Eric!
 

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What patience you have Eric! These are beautiful.
 

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Nice work Eric. They both look wonderful. I'm glad to see others doing marquetry work with a scroll saw.
 

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Gorgeous all the way around, Eric!

I can't begin to imagine how you get the shading on those leaves.
 

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Very nice Eric.
 

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Very very nice.
 
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