{"id":2184,"date":"2019-12-11T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:49:26","slug":"a-marquetry-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2019\/12\/11\/a-marquetry-primer\/","title":{"rendered":"A marquetry primer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-819x1024.jpg?resize=584%2C730\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2206\" width=\"584\" height=\"730\" alt=\"Marquetry Portrait Poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jleko.com\/there\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Marquetry-Portrait-Poster-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having reviewed my previous posts on the topic, it occurred to me that I should provide a (somewhat) proper definition for those unfamiliar with this discipline of woodworking. If you have followed along thus far, and were confused, my apologies!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marquetry\">Marquetry<\/a> is a woodworking embellishment wherein pieces of veneer are cut and arranged to form a desired pattern. Typically, it is found on panels, or furniture.<\/p>\n<p>There are several methods to create marquetry pieces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Piece-by-piece, is perhaps the most challenging, requiring great skill. With this method, a packet of like colored veneers is created. Multiple copies of a single piece are then cut from this packet. A single design may require multiple packets, one for each of the different parts that compose it. Once all pieces are cut, they&#8217;re assembled into the final design.<\/li>\n<li>The traditional Boulle packet stacks two different colored veneers together from which the design is cut. These pieces are then interchanged to create &#8220;positive&#8221; and &#8220;negative&#8221; final designs.<\/li>\n<li>Conical cutting is similar to Boulle except that blade is angled slightly. This creates tapered pieces which fit together snugly leaving no saw kerf.<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps the simplest marquetry technique is the window method. Requiring only a knife, a design is cut from the background veneer, which then becomes the template to cut the desired complementary veneer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2013\/08\/14\/studying-up\/\">A previous posting<\/a> provided references illustrating these methods. Of these, both Boulle, and piece-by-piece are well suited to production, making several copies per design cut. The window, and conical methods yield solitary products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having reviewed my previous posts on the topic, it occurred to me that I should provide a (somewhat) proper definition for those unfamiliar with this discipline of woodworking. If you have followed along thus far, and were confused, my apologies! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/2019\/12\/11\/a-marquetry-primer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,20,13,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","category-discovery","category-motivation","category-prototype"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4m6pM-ze","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2214,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions\/2214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jleko.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}