QJS Marquetry & Web Design
Beautiful and unique bespoke marquetry

Gallery

Items that are available are marked - please enquire.

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On the Backhand

H: 280mm W: 190mm

The principal veneers used are maple & bleached anigre (clothing), American gum (skin tones) burr walnut (bowl and mat), ebony (tie & hat-band) and sapele (background)

This design was based on a photograph I took of our previous club coach. He has a beautiful bowling action with his weight balanced over his feet and his eyes directly above his bowl.

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Naked Ambition

H: 345mm W: 185mm

A three-veneer picture in walnut, willow and olive ash.

Having drawn the design, loosely based on an image from a magazine advertisement, I searched for quite a while before finding the figured walnut that gave sufficient contrast and dynamism to the image. I was pleased with the torso, which is a single piece of veneer and the silky texture really represents the skin tones well. She really is "willowy"!

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Sisters

H: 382mm W: 270mm

Portraits in marquetry are tricky. Portraits of children doubly-so. Three in one picture - risky!

This started almost as a "challenge" from the client, but as the faces came together we both got more excited about how the picture would turn out.

Private Commission

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Aisha

H: 340mm W: 200mm

A three veneer picture in sapele, aspen and pear.

This picture started out as a photograph of a beautiful student from Wolverhampton College who was modelling her own clothing designs at a show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. I simplified and abstracted the photo through the computer before undertaking the interpretation in marquetry.

Available

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Monnow Bridge, Monmouth

H: 273mm W: 350mm

The only gated medieval bridge in the UK. The principal veneers used are rosewood (sky), maple burr (bridge stonework), tulipwood (water) and walnut (frame).

Available

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Friendship Clock

A simple design with the Scout Association badge on the front and a stylised friendship design on either side.

Not for Sale

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