Nocturne – Straw Marquetry Creation
Two months ago I have been invited to participate in a group exhibit at Protea Gallery in San Diego with a dozen other artists to provide a small dimension piece on the “Nocturne” theme. I did not know what to do until a week before delivery. I had some straw sitting around for me finding […]
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Custom Marquetry Panels
Once in a while we are contacted to provide marquetry panels for other cabinet makers. This is an old tradition for the french to subcontract the marquetry. We have at the American School of French Marquetry an early example of this practice. It is an intact 1874 panel shipped by french marquetry makers to american […]
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Treasure Box I – Making of
End of 2011 Patrick Edwards and myself found a box sold at Christie’s for €15,000. We really liked the layout of the marquetry even if in detail the marquetry was average. We decided almost immediately to start on in as a spec job. We kept the overall layout but focused on drawing it at the […]
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Gilding a carved frame
A year ago one of our clients sponsored our business Antique Refinishers in San Diego to sent me to learn gilding.Coming back form Portland, Oregon where I learn with Nancy Thorn I started on a restoration on a frame from our client. The mirror had been “restored” with gold paint over the giding on 50% of the […]
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