Modern Marquetry: Decorating with Wood

Create contemporary designs using traditional, handmade woodworking techniques

• Introduction
• Introduction to Marquetry
• Making a Marquetry Frame
• Final Touches
• Final project

Marquetry gives you the opportunity to paint your ideas and the world around you using woodworking techniques. It’s also something artist and designer Chelsea Vivash specializes in. She uses traditional woodworking to create contemporary pieces of art, furniture, and products from her studio in London.

In this course, she shares her experience to guide you through creating a decorative mirror frame using a combination of colored and textured wood veneers. Delve into the world of marquetry and bring unique designs to life with your own two hands.

• About Me
• Influences
• Introduction to Tools and Setting up Work Space
• How to Cut Veneers
• How to Create an Image with Veneers
• How to Approach Drawing
• Planning the Mirror Frame Design
• Building the Image
• Making Edits and Fixing Mistakes
• Glueing and Pressing
• Trimming and Sanding
• How to Varnish Your Finished Work
• Adding the Mirror and the Backing
• The Art of Marquetry: Decorating with Wood