Description: This class will focus on making a music stand designed by class instructor, Matthew Werner. We will learn techniques for working with curves that will expand your design and building vocabulary beyond straight edges and right angles. Techniques will include bent lamination, half-lap joinery, sliding dovetail joinery, and working with veneers. This is an advanced techniques class and students should have basic knowledge and experience with power tools such as table saw, jointer, and shaper (table router). Marquetry will not be included in this class, although students will be encouraged to modify design details as they see fit.

For more details, visit the William Ng Woodworks website here: wnwoodworkingschool.com

Description: Create designs in wood! Marquetry is the art of creating imagery by cutting and fitting thin pieces of wood together. These designs are then veneered to a solid core to be used in making furniture or decorative panels. This class is an opportunity to explore an ancient art form that has many contemporary applications.

This will be a 5-day class. No prior experience with marquetry is necessary, although students should be familiar with basic woodworking techniques. Through lectures, demonstrations and hands-on practice, students will learn marquetry techniques, and be able to practice them by creating a small project. Our focus will be on the double-bevel technique using resawn veneers. This class is an opportunity to explore an ancient art form that has many contemporary applications.

Instructor: Matthew Werner studied Fine Woodworking at the College of the Redwoods
with Jim Krenov. He has worked full-time as a furniture-maker and designer
for over a decade, after leaving a prior career in the natural sciences.
His specialty is marquetry inspired by nature.

For more details, visit the William Ng Woodworks website here: wnwoodworkingschool.com