WPatrickEdwards

A traditional furniture conservator, restorer and maker discusses his life experiences and his philosophy of work. If you love marquetry this is the place to discuss it. All work is done with hand tools and organic traditional materials and methods.

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Teaching at MASW Soon

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Two years ago I was invited to teach at Marc Adams' school in Indianapolis. It turned out to be a great experience for me and I got a ...

Sunday, August 31, 2014

A Simple Painting In Wood Etude

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Always Start With The Basics When I decided to open up my marquetry workshop to students, I had to decide what kind of curriculum to ...

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Jewel Cabinet Backstory Revealed

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A Little Pride Showing When I started this blog, I selected one of my favorite pieces to use as the Banner. The Jewel Cabinet I made...

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Is It Real?

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"Marquetry?" Card Table ©Antique Refinishers, Inc. The history of furniture design includes a maze of objects in form and de...

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

ASFW Invades MASW

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Demonstrating at Timken Museum in 1990 There are so many ways to make marquetry, you could fill a book. Actually, Pierre Ramond has fil...

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Art Institute of Chicago Project

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Last year we here at the American School of French Marquetry were contacted by staff at the Art Institute of Chicago to see if we could...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

American School of French Marquetry

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We just finished another class in marquetry here at the school. ASFM has been offering classes since 2000 and we have enjoyed the company o...

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Restoring Boulle

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One of the most rewarding and frustrating projects I have done over the years is restoring Boulle furniture. By common usage, the ter...

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Tradition Preservation

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One can only imagine what it must have been like standing in the center of Andre-Charles Boulle's workshop during the peak of his care...

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

A Lot of Boulle

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When I entered the fourth year of study under Dr. Ramond at ecole Boulle, I was given two assignments: Select a project and work with the ...

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Friday, July 16, 2010

What is Marquetry?

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The history of furniture surface decoration is full of examples where complex designs were created using exotic materials. For thousands of...

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About Me

W. Patrick Edwards: San Diego, CA, United States; I was born in Los Angeles in 1948 and moved to San Diego in 1958. I entered UCSD as the first freshman class in 1967 and graduated in 1971 with a degree in Applied Physics and Information Science, minor in American History. During my college years I owned an antique store at the same time I worked 20 hours a week in the physics department at UCSD. In 1968 I worked on site at Brookhaven Labs in New York for a year and took my classes by mail. Upon graduation I secured a job for Maxwell Labs, ran my antique business on the weekends and taught Decorative Arts classes at night. I produced a series of 10 shows on CBS called "Welcome to the Past...The History of American Furniture." In 1972 I decided to quit my physics career and devote full time to the antiques business. It was the best decision of my life. I choose to work by hand, without machinery, using only period materials and methods. I also walk to work every day. Life is good.

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