Beginning
Picture Marquetry
by Lawrence Threadgold
Softcover
210 x 275mm
116pp
Published by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, East Sussex UK
R.R.P.$34.90
ISBN 1-86108-234-7
Extract from back cover of book:
Craftsmen have been creating pictures and patterns from slivers of wood veneer for thousands of years, and this practical guide demonstrates that traditional techniques can produce results of considerable subtlety using simple tools and only small amounts of material.
Lawrence Threadgold explains how veneers are made and how their varied grain patterns can he exploited to add texture and detail to the finished picture. He describes and illustrates tools and accessories in detail, including some you can make yourself at very little cost.
Two simple and attractive projects - a flower and a bird - serve to show the two basic techniques of picture marquetry: cutting with the knife and cutting with the fretsaw using the 'pad' method. You will then learn how to mount the finished work and how to set it off to best advantage with appropriate borders and edges.
Having followed these two projects, you will want to create pictures of your own, and the final chapter gives invaluable advice on how to adapt photographs and other pictures to make unique and satisfying works of art.
Historical perspective
Veneers and their characteristics
Tools, equipment and adhesives
Knife and fretsaw cutting techniques
Borders, laying up and finishing
Designing your own pictures
Lawrence Threadgold is a retired Professor of Zoology. Apart from marquetry, his accomplishments include painting in watercolour and fly-fishing, on which he has written extensively.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Metric & Imperial
Contents
Preface
Historical perspective
Veneers
Tools, equipment and adhesives
Knife cutting techniques
Fretsaw cutting techniques
Borders, laying up and finishing
Doing your own thing
About
the author
Reference
Conversion tables
Index