Template:Marquetry Buyers Guide
From DT Online
- If contrasting layers of veneer are held together and sawn as one, with either a Fretsaw or Scroll Saw, the cut is fine enough to enable both shapes and recesses to be cut together thus ensuring that pieces fit together accurately.
- Thin sheets of decorative metals or other materials (e.g. brass, silver, nickel silver, copper, pewter, plastics, horn) can also be included with the veneer 'sandwich' and cut through with a Piercing Saw to make decorative inserts which fit into veneer cut-outs - see this Video: Boulle Marquetry produced by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Pieces of veneer can be inserted completely or partially into a tray of hot Silver Sand to create the graduated shading effect as seen on the butterfly's wings.
Safety Point! Craft knives must be used only with adult supervision. Avoid applying too much pressure and cut through a sheet of material with a series of lighter strokes rather than trying to get through in one go.
