Three Mile Island Acquired by MFA BostonJanuary 17, 2019My last posting announcing the acquisition of a piece by the Philadelphia Museum of Art provoked a bit of interest in what other institutions open to the public have work of mine. I will occasionally post pictures of pieces in… Read more TWO BLONDES AND A BRIOCHE (AT THE BISTRO)July 15, 2016The tape must be scrapped and sanded off the panels. This is a job that must be done carefully to both keep the panel flat and not go through the veneer. This is when you finally get to see the… Read more GLUE UPJuly 14, 2016The panels are individually glued to MDF. In this case I have gone to a shop that has a large hot press that is big enough to accommodate the marquetry. Read more THE PANELS TRIMMEDJuly 14, 2016The rectangles need to be trimmed to slightly over their finished size to facilitate gluing. Small wood blocks will be glued to the edges to “key” the board to the marquetry. Read more THE MARQUETRY PANELSJuly 13, 2016The three marquetry panels, complete and ready for assembly. Read more BODYJuly 13, 2016The body is finished and ready to put into the background. Read more TORSO AND HEADJuly 13, 2016The picture has evolved and the upper body is now complete. The parts can still be separated to facilitate the assembly in the bigger panel. Read more MAKING THE FACEJuly 13, 2016The face is done. I have changed the woman from brunette to blonde. I wanted more contrast with her hair and the background and I wanted her to match the golden retriever that is in the final design. Read more ADDING ELEMENTSJuly 13, 2016Parts of the picture are worked on as units and then they cab be combined into larger elements. They are taped together with masking tape so they can be separated. This insures that the marquetry is small enough to cut… Read more MAKING TWO BLONDES- marquetry cuttingJuly 13, 2016The drawing is made full size, in this case working from a photograph. The drawings is copied with tracing paper and then using carbon paper the lines can be put on the individual pieces of veneer. The picture then develops… Read more
