Beginner Marquetry Course

I took this course back in September at Lee Valley. It was taught by Richard Charlebois who is a local marquetry artist who does some extremely detailed and beautiful work. He taught us the basic techniques of planning a design, cutting the wood so everything fits perfectly and how important it is to use the grain patterns and colouring of the wood to the advantage of your picture. Each student created a simple farm scene with the same basic elements - sun, tree, house, pathway. The neat thing was that even with the same basic elements, each student came up with entirely unique looking final pieces due to the choice of wood, colour, placement, etc. This is the piece as it was when the class was over. I am currently working on putting a finish oh the piece and building a frame to go around it to finish it off.