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June Post I decided to write a final post here. I think the blog has run its course. Continuing to write here might turn a bit counter productive now I've moved away from the intentions that I started with. I […]
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Back to the start I am thinking now about why I started this project in the first place and all the things I haven’t done or have, inadvertently. One reason I really came to thinking about Marquetry at the beginning […]
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Activities Today the National Marquetry Exhibition opens in Stoke on Trent. This is the show of the membership organisation ‘The Marquetry society’ so not something I am exhibiting in. I will however be at the venue tomorrow, hosting an activity […]
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April I only posted once in March, should I feel guilty? I probably wouldn't even be writing this if someone that I know hadn't have got in touch today to say the had looked at the blog. It was a […]
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Finding things I found a tray in a charity shop constructed from a marquetry design. It was too nice to not buy and someone had clearly spent a lot of time on it. I am finding that time is something […]
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Hot Chip The electo pop-ish band Hot chip have an intriguing cover to their latest single. It looks like a lumpy marquetry mass. Their album covers have been good in the past so I was pleased to see this and […]
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Working with others Working in schools has given me reason to think how this project could be shared with young people. Sharp knives and small children not being a great combination, other ways of applying the basic principles of working […]
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Vinyl Marquetry I've tried to incorporate other materials into my work and plastic is one that isn't entirely alien to marquetry. 'Marquetry' by Pierre Raymond is a comprehensive book that charts the history, development, tools and techniques of the craft. […]
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Quilting for men I read this definition yesterday and found it quite funny. 'Male Quilting' was a term applied to Marquetry after labour intensive woodworking had become less in demand and relegated to folk art status. Hobbyist work was seen […]
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wood in the news I have been enjoying the coverage of the timber washed up on the sussex shore. There are some amazing pictures of it on the net. Waves of wood which look like tiny matchsticks. I wonder about […]
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Oysters Things here are continuing with other stuff going on too. Before Christmas I had dropped into the staffs Marquetry group to see if they had any ideas about Oysters…..Not the fishy type in shells but the Marquetry technique or […]
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Merry Christmas Cold and Christmas slowing things down, hope to get things in order come next year.