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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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Exciting WIA Week in Winston Salem

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Fortunately, I had decided to arrive several days in advance of the WIA conference and stay a few days after, so Kristen and I were abl...

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Tarsia Geometrica Part II

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Italian Commode To continue the explanation of Tarsia Geometrica and its various forms from the previous post, I would like to retur...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Tarsia Geometrica Part I

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English Jeux de Fond Coffer I remember clearly the first time I was in France and visiting an atelier where several ebenistes were worki...

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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Mr. Roubo at Ecole Boulle

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Mr. Roubo's Book From time to time I find myself actually reading posts from my own blog. Some times I am impressed with what I wro...

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Roubo Redux

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Patrice and Agnes Reading Roubo in French I first met Mr. Roubo at the Getty Museum Conservation Lab around 1975 or so. There was a Fre...

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The History of the Chevalet de Marqueterie

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When I started restoring marquetry on antique furniture in 1969, I looked at Diderot and Roubo for information on what kind of tool the Fr...

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Chevalet Anatomy Lesson

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I am encouraged that more and more American woodworkers are interested in a weird, highly specialized veneer cutting tool that the French de...

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

What Is A Chevalet Kit?

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One of the first questions I asked, when I entered ecole Boulle and met Dr. Pierre Ramond, was "When was the chevalet de marqueterie f...

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Monday, November 15, 2010

La mutiplication des chevalets de marqueterie

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It was always my desire to introduce the special tool for cutting marquetry, which has been invented and developed in Paris for two centuri...

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Chevalet de Marqueterie

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When I started restoring antiques, I was not alone. There was a large, popular movement to collect and restore antiques during the 60...

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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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