Marquetry Workshop - create a bud vase/incense holder/candle holder

In this four-hour workshop you will select a wooden base shape (pre cut), and use the materials provided to design a graphic pattern for the front. Using a steel ruler and a craft knife you will carefully cut out the sections of the design from a range of coloured wooden veneers, and apply them to the front.

After deciding what you would like your holder to hold, you can drill the correct size holes into the top before applying a wax finish and buffing the whole piece to bring out all the colours and wood grain.

Skills and production methods used

Design using graphics and repeated pattern

Work with veneer (a very thin, paper like slice of wood)

Colour combinations

Use of craft knives, safety rulers and die cutters.

Marking out, measuring.

Drilling

Wood finishes.

Cost: £50 per person - includes all materials and equiptment usage

Host or Publisher The Craft House