Intro to Parquetry
Learn to apply thinly sliced wood veneer in decorative geometric patterns in this woodworking class. The techniques you learn building a checkerboard can also be used to glue up stable plywood panels with beautiful wood surfaces.
Who is this class for:
All Hammerstone courses are open to women-identifying and non-binary folx as well as trans men. Intro to Parquetry courses welcome folx of any skill level without a prerequisite.
Description:
Most of us have experienced a mid-century coffee table with flaking surfaces, or a knock down wardrobe with peeling laminate. Poorly applied wood veneer is cheap and ugly, but using thinly sliced expensive and beautiful wood on top of a common substrate has a rich history in woodworking. When done well, you can create beautiful artifacts that are not possible in solid wood. In this class we’ll learn a specific veneering technique, parquetry, which is assembling geometrically shaped veneers into beautiful patterns. We’ll start with a checker board, but the techniques learned can be applied to myriad other projects. While it sounds complex, parquetry is accessible to woodworking students of any skill level.
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