Marquetry is painting with wood.  Wood veneer to be exact . It's a craft and art form that was developed in the Middle Ages in Europe . It is currently practiced throughout the world. I've been doing marquetry work for several decades. The process involves cutting the veneer into pieces like the pieces of a puzzle, then taping them together and gluing the taped picture onto a substrate. Part of the beauty of marquetry is the variety of woods and grain patterns which are available .Veneer suppliers have as many as a hundred varieties of wood available for their customers. The panels below include dyed veneer as well.
    Most U.S. Marquetarians rely on coping and scroll saws. The French also do most of their work with scroll saws. The British on the other hand use exacto knives and surgical scalpels . The Canadian approach which I also practice is a fusion of both the British as well as the Franco-American approach. The Italians who do marquetry also use carving tools which I myself use on occasion.


  My other passion aside from my family is political work. I worked for over a decade for public interest groups as a community organizer, fundraiser and researcher.I'm also advocating that Congress enact Clean Energy Reverse Mortgage legislation. My site for that project is www.cleanenergyrm.org . I use environmentally safe materials and finishes.