Vinyl Marquetry
I've tried to incorporate other materials into my work and plastic is one that isn't entirely alien to marquetry.
'Marquetry' by Pierre Raymond is a comprehensive book that charts the history, development, tools and techniques of the craft. It covers many angles and has been really useful to me over the past few months.
Plastic gets a mention alongside natural materials, whale bone, ivory, mother of pearl, coral as well as many metals.
Using the figure of the grain from a roll of vinyl 'veneer' (sticky back plastic with a wood effect) I have made a picture. My avoidance of pictorial work so far has been evident so making a 'proper' picture from a synthetic material has a hint of irony. As well as the materials being off the shelf at Wilkinsons.
Giving the sheets a firm backing I have cut the veneers into one another as normal. One was an imitation Beech design and the other a Walnut burr – both had surprisingly interesting qualities to their make up.
