Furniture Stories

Fox and Geese Cabinet The primary wood for this cabinet is Macassar ebony. The solid wood that frames the panels is walnut. There is a lifting top on the left that will have a space for a printer.

Marquetry goose The same process is used to put the goose together.

Pressing the panel The marquetry is glued to a pre-bent panel. Five layers of 1/8" plywood were bent in a two part form. This fixes the desired curve. The panel is trimmed square and then the marquetry is carefully aligned…

Marquetry fox taped Now the image is facing right. You can now see why the work proceeds from the back side as a mirror image. The tape obscures the lines where the glue side shows all the cuts clearly. This…

Marquetry fox cut Now the fox has been cut into the background and set in. This picture is now ready to glue to a panel.

Marquetry fox complete The whole fox has been put together and is ready to be cut into a Macassar ebony background. A hole will be drilled on the perimeter and the entire animal will be circumnavigated. So the hole in…

Fox and Geese drawing   Every marquetry picture starts with a pencil drawing. I'm not particularly concerned with colors, although i do have a basic idea of what woods i will be using when I start to cut the marquetry.