Marquetry: DVDs, Kits, Veneers, Finished Artwork, Patterns
by Jan Walker, Canadian Marquetry Artist and Teacher
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Top Quality North American Veneers at competitive prices
Our Veneer Supplier: Sauers & Company Processed Veneers - North Carolina
family owned and operated
Visit our online store - click the Marquetry Store link below!
| Trooper Dan, our son in Northwest Mounted Police replica uniform . |
New to marquetry or veneering? Don't wade through dozens of websites to get started. With us, There's no guesswork about what the final cost with shipping will be - it's included.
Wood Identification Kit
50 species of domestic and exotic veneers
labelled by species and country of origin
by Sauers & Co
| Some of the high quality samples of wood veneers included | Labelling on Wood ID Kit |
- see the Marquetry Store link below for prices & details on Wood ID Kit.
About Jan's DVD:
"My instructional DVD on marquetry will give you the knowledge to create any piece of marquetry."
No prior woodworking experience necessary and no power tools are required. With a simple Xacto knife you can create a beautiful marquetry, either in the workshop or at the kitchen table.
Thousands have learned marquetry through my DVD and seminars. Here's a sample of some of the 48 chapters on my dvd:
Selecting and handling veneers |
Keeping veneered pieces from warping |
Tools and supplies |
Veneer tape |
Patterns |
The great glue debate |
Knife cutting technique and the most common error |
Contact adhesives |
Crosscuts in veneer |
The sound test |
Cutting slivers |
Correcting a poor glue bond |
How to keep your knife blades from sticking in the veneer |
Veneer saws |
Registration marks on patterns |
Sanding on the bench hook |
Tapes |
Finishing |
Substrates |
Artistic concepts to make your pictures better |
Want a preview of what you'll see on the DVD?
Watch a free bonus chapter on vacuum pressing veneer using the inexpensive Roarockit system.
Any questions about my marquetry store? Feel free to email me at the link below.
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Last updated: Apr 25, 2012