Marquetry Course [Paperback]

Jack Metcalfe (Author), John Apps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2003

Full-color photographs and detailed instructions guide you through everything you need to know, from tools and materials to cutting veneer to techniques such as the window method, fretsawing, sandshading, harewood, penwork and making fine lines. Tutorial projects enable you to practice your skills on a number of designs, such as a convex corner fan, rose, shell, chessboard, and chevron. Four projects include a tray, pier table, jewelry box, and fire screen.

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About the Author

Jack Metcalfe has been involved in marquetry for 12 years, and teaching it for 6 years. He teaches marquetry at the Leeds College of Art and Design and at York College. England. He also runs marquetry workshops in Yorkshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Batsford (October 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713488506
• ISBN-13: 978-0713488500
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything You Need To Know About Doing the Impossible, June 13, 2005

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Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marquetry Course (Paperback)

I recently started to think of doing some inlay work. Nothing particularly fancy, but a little something to keep a box from being, well... just a box. To me it's a rather daunting proposition, one that involves as much luck and magic as it does skill. Marquetry, which is ithe creation of complex decorative forms out of veneer is high end inlay, and one of the true tests of craftsmanship in wood forms. Not being one to start out with something simply, The Marquetry Course was the text I finally selected as a how-to book.

Metcalfe and Apps do their best to present marquetry in a stepwise basis. Text, photographs, and drawings get the point across so that the only hurdle is the fear of trying in the first play. But marquetry isn't simple even when you understand how it is done. If you want to be original, you are faced with twin challenges of design and skill, and then you have to install the design on an object which you also designed and built. No mean accomplishment.

The book presents a set of traditional designs and uses them in projects. You will learn how to shade, construct, glue up, and finish each piece. Some are well past the 'amateur' level, but others are surprisingly simple. The book serves as inspiration as well as instruction, and I found a more than a few ideas that can be applied elsewhere as well. So even if you decide not to inlay that amazing rose, the book will still be a valuable asset.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on Marquetry, January 2, 2006

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Roger Wade "Roger Wade" (Bellaire, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marquetry Course (Paperback)

I have read this book from cover to cover and truly enjoy it. I find the book starts out with very simple hands on projects and continues GRADUALY to very complex. The book is well written and profusely illustrated. There are chapters describing all neccesary tools as well as many jigs. The authors are experts on teaching this subject! If you are a beginner this is the book to get! I have read several books on the subject and this beats them all combined. You will learn how to do beautiful marquetry projects from this book. BUY IT!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, September 7, 2007

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Kirk Coryn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marquetry Course (Paperback)

this is a book that is meant for beginers in the art of marquetry. i have 8 years experiance in the art. i did learn a little bit from the book.i would recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning marquetry.i would also recommend getting Paul Schurchs book and video and Marc Adams book and videos.