There’s plenty for you to enjoy and learn from in this Winter edition of the Marquetarian.
There are loads for you to check out in this Winter edition of The Marquetarian. We have yet another really packed magazine here that we are sure you are going to enjoy.
For starters there’s a really good article about gluing MDF. There are a considerable number of potential problems that can be encountered when gluing your marquetry pay-on to a MDF support, many of them you probably have not even thought of – I certainly hadn’t, but I’ve since learnt a lot from this article.
Original or copy of a design for your next marquetry project. Now that’s a problem most of us encounter, I certainly do when trying to think up what the subject of my new marquetry project will be. But worry no longer, this article will help you when trying to think up a new design to work from. It is an eye opener to find out what can be utilised for a new marquetry project.
Although many of us enjoy the making of a marquetry picture or piece, very few find the finishing part of the process to be anywhere near as enjoyable. This is where our next article comes in handy. It explains how to take the difficulties away from the tedious flattening and varnishing procedures. It also has a useful list of recommended finishing supplies to help you along.
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held recently, as was explained and printed in full in our autumn edition of this publication. With the winter edition we now publish our revised and brought up to date Constitution for 2026 onwards. This is our governing document and covers our aims and objectives, plus current legal requirements affecting us and our obligations therein.
Due to many requests, we are republishing some more of Andrew Smith’s ‘Random Jotting’ series which were originally available some decades ago – around the 1970s time. Andrew’s “jottings” were very popular in their day and were eagerly read and looked forward to, by all of our membership of the day. Our editorial team have brought those original articles up to date, and we hope that today’s readers will relish these “wisdoms of marquetry guidance” as much as those readers of old.
Vic’s tips are well worth checking out. Vic’s years of marquetry experience and knowledge are put into words and text to help us less knowledgeable marquetry artists achieve better results from our art and craft of marquetry. This is all in very readable form without too much technical chat for us lesser marquetry mortals!
Our Facebook page is doing well. We are getting copious new members of our Facebook fraternity joining that element of our growing influence every day. We just need to convert as many of them as possible to becoming Marquetry Society members proper as we can. But we are working on that.
And don’t miss checking out many of the exhibits from this year’s International Marquetry Exhibition. There’s plenty of beautiful marquetry there for you to enjoy – we think you will like it very much.
Happily, we have found an entire half page of space (carefully done for a well filled autumn 293rd edition) of our very useful identification chart of veneers. These are all over 65 years of age and show you how well veneers can retain their colour when kept away from the bleaching effect of sunlight. These veneers are all genuine examples taken from veneers with odd characteristics in our veneer reference library and they are all featured in accurate colours. Each veneer example featured is taken from accurate scans of the genuine veneers and carefully colour balanced against the actual veneer itself in order to ensure it matches both the printed and true veneer as far as modern technology will allow us.
But, and then again, don't forget our regular 'Readers Letters' 'Chairman's Chatter' 'Independents Corner' and much, much more.
So, as is always the case, we have yet another excellent issue for your perusal!.
