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Girl With a Pearl Earring

timzhao, member | June 8th, 20112 comments

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece. It was painted in 1665. I made this marquetry with more than a dozen different species of wood veneers, including some dyed veneers. It...

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"Music Box"

DennisZongker, member | May 9th, 20116 comments

This one took me a lot longer then I thought it would. From designing to completion it took me right around six months, working in the evenings and weekends. Putting the sound holes in the bottom and...

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Headboard 18th century French pattern

kennethstover, member | March 7th, 20113 comments

The design is from a table by Jean-Henri Riesener and is located in the Petit Trianon at Versailles. The pattern was redrawn several times to obtain the dimensions of a queen-sized headboard...

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Wine cabinet

Tom77, member | March 7th, 20111 comment

Custom designed cabinet featuring combination of art nouveau and chinese motifs. Case is QSWO, base is solid walnut, and remainder is veneered. The facade of rosewood and oak veneers was...

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UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Beginning Picture Marquetry by Lawrence Threadgold

BetsyE, member | January 24th, 201135 comments

See who won a copy of Beginning Picture Marquetry

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Ribbon Box

qcwood, member | January 20th, 20116 comments

This box is 7 by 7 by 4 high and is made of Canarywood. The ribbons and bows are made of Wenge, Purpleheart and Satinwood. The dots are all approx. 3/16 in thick and are made of...

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Digital marquetry

moscowfield, member | November 24th, 2010

You can now buy intricate marquetry designs that are printed onto veneer.

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From Sketchup to Reality

jahmer, member | September 2nd, 2010

Here is a picture of a design that started in Sketchup, then was rendered, then finally built. I did several variations of the design and actually built 6 different doors, 6 different stands, and...

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Creepshow Reproduction

BMWelch, member | August 24th, 20102 comments

My marquetry reproduction of Stephen King's "Creepshow" comic book cover. I completed this work here-and-there over the course of 8 years as I floated around in the military. Some parts I...

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Bamboo Lectern

kolwdwrkr, member | July 11th, 2010

This is a lectern I built for Gracie Barra America. Gracie Barra is a school for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The cabinet is made out of natural bamboo. The patch is Padauk and curly maplenbsp...

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coffee table

fredflintb, member | July 2nd, 20101 comment

A coffee table I created using multiple veneers and hardwoods I had on hand. A project I truly enjoyed! This is the second coffe table I ever made as well.

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birdeye maple and sycamore jewelry box

timzhao, member | June 19th, 2010

I made this jewelry box from birdeye maple and used sycamore as the lid with a cocobolo handle. The design of the marquetry is inspired by traditional Chinese paintings of bird and flowers. I used...

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"In Neidermeier of Repair"

Diviner, member | June 18th, 20102 comments

This biedermeier inspired table has a bit of problem. It seems the basket weave pattern is in desparate need of repair. The composition uses a story telling technique of character (the owner writing...

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"Broken Hearted"

Diviner, member | June 16th, 20101 comment

Sometimes you get the right card, sometimes you don't. This rococo styled table features a gaming storyline. A 10 of hearts would have made for a nice hand. But instead all we have is an...

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Coffee table

DanCabinetMaker, member | June 8th, 20105 comments

instructions for use: 1. pour yourself a cup of coffee 2. contemplate infinity

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100 yr Old House, New Table to Match Existing Woodwork

Ray Lanham, member | June 1st, 2010

My father-in-law and I built a 5'x9' Table for my 100 yr old house. I wanted to make it match the beauty and the color of the existing woodwork and look like it was part of the original homeWe...

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Banding from tenon cutoffs

tom8021, member | March 9th, 2010

This is the ultimate use of scrap. I collect the cutoffs from doing the tenons and made banding from it. One day I was making tenons and notice all of the pieces and a light bulb went off. Why not...

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Scrap wood turned back into mosaic tree.....

MC_Chris, member | February 15th, 20101 comment

This project was made entirely of recycled flooring and scrap material from my wood shop. There are roughly 2000 pieces of recycled wood in this project consisting of 13 species of...

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Desk name plate

butchf18a, member | February 12th, 2010

Marguetry scraps; Birdseye maple for background, walnut and cherry inlay. Walnut frame.

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Carved Frame & Marquetry Picture

DennisZongker, member | February 6th, 2010

This was a very interesting project I made for a customer. The baseball player and background, I copied from a tee shirt. Which is one of their logos. Farwell, Nebraska is a very small town somewhere...

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