Continuing with my quest to combine veneer and CNC work with woodturning, this platter is made from curly maple and dyed poplar veneer and solid sapele wood.
I didn’t use the CNC much with this project apart from using it as a plotter to draw the design on construction paper. A “cracked ice” pattern, inspired by some of the work of furniture maker Tim Coleman.
This is my first attempt at marquetry, the process of joining small bits of veneer together to make a pattern or image. A friend of mine, Andrei Zborovski of Avrora Inc. has a lot of experience with veneer and marquetry. He taught me how to do the marquetry.
All the pieces are cut by hand with a knife using the window technique. I feel fortunate to have his instruction and knowledge to draw from. A time-consuming but very relaxing process requiring a lot of focus and attention to detail, I feel that marquetry is an easy thing to learn but I could spend the rest of my life learning how to do it well.
