Marquetry Jewellery Box

It seems like only yesterday that I built my first chevalet from a few photos on the internet and began to try to figure out how to use it. Well it...

I put a lot of thought into what the first project would be for my fine sawn veneer before I decided on this particular idea. I would have to say t...

This entry is a little on the philosophical side. It is about expectation and reality (one of which is quite easy to achieve). I guess that each of...

With my colors mostly decided I went about cutting the pieces and dividing them into two groups. One group contained all the “universal” pieces. Th...

With all the cutting and sand shading done and all the pieces properly organized, it’s time to have some fun. If you’ve done everything right up to...

Well all the colour decisions have been made and the flowers are glued in. The next job is to build a jewellery box to glue them onto. I have decid...

My last entry here was almost a month ago and I was about to leave for Arizona for the winter. Well, I’ve been here (Az.) for almost a month now an...

Now that I have the plan in place for the end marquetry there is a little housekeeping to be done with the drawers. The pull out ones in the centre...

Once the drawer mechanics were sorted out to my satisfaction, I was able to apply the marquetry to the last six and get a first coat of shellac on ...

With the design decided and the drawer front marquetry installed the time finally came to tackle the cutting of the end motifs. This is by far the ...