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Useful Links A collection of Marquetry themed links |
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Marquetry Groups and Clubs |
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| The Marquetry Society | The central marquetry authority for all affiliated groups and everything to do with marquetry | https://www.marquetry.org |
| Staffordshire Marquetry Group | A very friendly established website from the Staffs, West Midlands area | http://www.staffordshiremarquetry.org.uk/ |
| Leeds Marquetry Group | Yorkshire based group who were recently featured doing marquetry techniques on prime time television. Very enthusiastic and informative web site | http://www.leedsmarquetry.org.uk |
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American Marquetary Society (Formerly American Marquetarian. Inc.) |
The American Marquetary Society is a non profit corporation devoted to advancing the art and craft of marquetry | http://www.americanmarquetrysociety.com |
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Marquetry Society of Victoria Inc |
The Marquetry Society of Victoria, Australia. A very friendly bunch of marquetry enthusiasts with a very interesting website. Enjoy a visit. | http://www.marquetryvic.org.au/ |
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Veneer and Sundries Suppliers |
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Turners-Retreat (Formerly Craft Supplies Ltd) |
Looking for a
Marquetry Kit? Want
veneers, tools, glues and everything else to do with marquetry
and woodturning? Visit Turners-Retreat for all your needs. |
http://www.turners-retreat.co.uk/ |
| Vale Veneers | Competitively priced veneers. They stock many hard to get veneers and their off cut packs are to be recommended | http://valeveneers.co.uk |
| Capital Crispin Veneer Co. Ltd | Decorative and constructional veneer suppliers |
http://www.capitalcrispin.com e-mail: info@capitalcrispin.com |
| Blades and Knives Direct | On Line supplier of the Swann Morton range of craft and scalpel blades and handles highly favoured by most marquetarians. Very competitive rates. | http://www.bladesandknivesdirect.co.uk/ |
| D. F. RICHARDS (VENEERS LIMITED) | Veneer suppliers. They have a very informative and easy to use web site which shows the veneers progress from tree to final veneer | http://www.the-veneer.com |
| Heritage Inlay Design Ltd. | Established in 1984, they are a UK based company specialising in the manufacture of high quality marquetry inlays, layons and panels for a wide variety of projects. They have a very interesting web site which is well worth a visit | http://www.heritageinlay.com |
| Anita Marquetry | Laser Marquetry specialists who provide a wealth of information for Marquetarians | http://www.marquetry.co.uk |
| R. Aaronson Veneers | Specialists in veneers, inlays and bandings. Includes photographic examples | http://www.veneers.org.uk |
| Inlaid Woodcraft Company | Specialises in veneer inlays, overlays, marquetry and furniture panels | http://www.inlaidwoodcraft.com |
| Silas Kopf Woodworking | Manufacturers of bespoke furniture incorporating superb marquetry features. They also produce an excellent marquetry DVD that will teach you loads of authoritative saw cutting techniques | http://www.silaskopf.com |
| FormWood Industries | North American manufacturer of veneers, veneer laminates and architectural panels. | http://www.formwood.com |
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Marquetry and Veneers Information Web Sites |
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| Alan's Factory Outlet | This is more than just a commercial website, it has a lot of information and hints & tips about all manner of woodworking practices. Very helpful and a wonderful reference source. Thanks to Aubrey for flagging it up. |
http://store.alansfactoryoutlet.com/Building-With-Wood-Tips-and-More-s/1860.htm http://store.alansfactoryoutlet.com/Building-With-Wood-Tips-and-More-s/1860.htm |
| Wood-Furnaces.net. | This is a highly recommended website with lots of information about different parts of wood marquetry. The staff and students of Elmgrove Community Center have very kindly told us that this website is a very useful reference source. After our editorial team visited the website, we find that we most certainly agree with them. | http://www.wood-furnaces.net/wood-marquetry.html |
| Marquetry, art info and kits | Visit Jan Walker's web site for guidance and teaching on all matters marquetry. Jan has instructional DVD's and marquetry kits available for sale - offering you all you need to get on the road to great marquetry. | http://www.jansart.ca |
| Willow Tree Academy | An Academy of fine woodworking. Teaching techniques at the very highest levels of furniture making and custom inlay work. Specialists in hand tool techniques. | http://www.willowtreeacademy.com |
| Alladd.com | Highest quality inventive jewellery boxes and Cutting boards with Parquet inlays. Includes resources such as wood descriptions and 'how to' information of interest to all woodworkers. | http://www.alladd.com |
| Hobbit House Inc | Specialists in exotic woods. Very detailed and authoritative work has been put into this web site. For example, take a look at 'Gum' (known in Britain as American Gum) to see what we mean |
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/ woodpics |
| Felber-intarsien | A family business in the veneer trade operating a superb school of marquetry. Located in Heilbronn, Germany. The web site is in German, but is none the less definitely worth a visit. | http://www.felber-intarsien.de |
| Inlay.com | Information on all aspects of inlay crafts including marquetry, intarsia, stone and mosaics | http://www.inlay.com |
| Shropshire Cutting Edge Marquetry | An internet based group that specialises in debating ideas and techniques. Illustrated with many photographs of interesting marquetry works | http://www.shropshirecuttingedgemarquetry.co.uk |
| Rare woods and veneers USA | In their specimen section they have over 1,000 pictures and descriptions of wood on display. Very worth while visiting especially for the information on those rare woods |
http://www.rarewoodsandveneers.com/ pages/home.htm |
| W. Patrick Edwards | A site specialising in French Marquetry with pictures and tutorials. Informative | http://www.wpatrickedwards.com |
| Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild | North American site sharing their interest in Marquetry and finishing techniques | http://www.saskwoodguild.ca |
| Sholl Antiques | American folk crafts including pen knife whimsy sculptures, marquetry and pyrography | http://www.tramp-art.com |
| Alardus van den Bosch | Intarsia work with an interesting picture gallery | http://www.alardus.co.uk |
| Woodezine | A monthly online magazine addressing issues of interest to woodworkers, carvers and turners all over the world | http://www.woodezine.com |
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Directories and Search Engines specialising in woodcrafts |
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| Frety.net | An
excellent search engine / directory. Specialises in art themed web sites. |
http://www.frety.net |
| YoySearch.com | A
convenient interface to ten types of search. A good marquetry section |
http://www.yoy-search.com |
| CraftDirectory.org | An Arts and Crafts Directory with over 24,000 links | http://www.craftdirectory.org |
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Art Based Web Sites |
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| All Art On Line. com | This is a very impressive web site which is an on line Art Gallery that is free and open to all Sculptors, Designers and Artists. I've thoroughly enjoyed visiting it. Do allow it a minute or two to fully load as it has a large first page. Highly recommended. | http://allartonline.com |
| Full Digital Art. com | A companion web site to the one displayed above. It has a very full "Home Page" so if you are using a "dial up" internet connection, please do allow a minute or so for the site to fully load. The wait will be worth it. | http://FullDigitalArt.com |
| Bernard Rottenfus. | You will find references to more than
100 artists and associations on these sites. These web sites list many techniques and have a very large reference library of veneers scanned into their database. |
http://www.rottenfus.com/ |
| lamarqueterie.com | A useful and interesting web sites operated under the control of Bernard Rottenfus | http://www.lamarqueterie.com |
| British National Gallery | An institution to be sure. Most certainly very well worth visiting. | http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk |
| Tate Gallery | As said above, another on-line gallery not to be missed. Check out the Turner Gallery. | http://www.tate.org.uk |