Showing posts with label ecole Boulle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ecole Boulle. Show all posts
Thursday, March 24, 2016

American Chevalet Made In The USA!

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Page 62, "Masterpieces of Marquetry" 1996 In 1990 I was hired by the Timken Museum here in Balboa Park to provide public ed...
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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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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Ecole Boulle Porte Ouvert 2013

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It has been too many years since I visited ecole Boulle, and I miss it more than you can imagine.  That is why I appreciate a good friend ...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Historic Ecole Boulle Video

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Very few foreigners have ever been accepted at ecole Boulle, in Paris. It has always been a quiet and rather selective institution, focusin...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Diversity Survival Mode

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When I arrived in Paris in 1991 to enter ecole Boulle, I was introduced to many important craftsmen in the field of furniture making. They...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Surviving The Test Of Time

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The last two posts have focused on the new Colombo jig saws in use at the school. I can only imagine how smooth the operation of these ex...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Out With The Old

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The last post included photos of the new atelier de marqueterie at ecole Boulle, provided by my internet friend, Filip. I received a co...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Porte Ouvert 2011

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One of the great consequences of the internet age is the ability to have strangers around the world share common interests. I know the m...
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Porte Ouvert

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Since I was invited by a professor to attend a stage at ecole Boulle, I had no idea how difficult it was to visit the school. Once I w...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Don't You Loose Pieces?

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The craft of marquetry does not travel well. By that I mean that, during my career I have demonstrated in public at woodworking shows, S...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Kraft Paper

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Before I went to Paris to study with Pierre I had been working over 20 years restoring antiques and making marquetry. I had read all the b...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Fantastic Realism

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As I watched the students in the marquetry workshop at ecole Boulle choose their projects, I noticed that ...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Size Matters

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In total time I spent ten years at ecole Boulle, staying only once or twice a year during that decade, and less than 3 months each time. ...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Pierre Makes Glue For All To Use

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I cannot say enough to explain how much Dr. Pierre Ramond, professeur d'marqueterie a l'ecole Boulle, changed my life. On a huma...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

20 Years Ago In Paris

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Nearly 20 years ago I looked at my wife, Kristen, over the dinner table and asked her if we could borrow money against the house so I cou...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Pink Floyd Teaches French

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When I first entered ecole Boulle, my professor, Dr. Pierre Ramond, did not speak any English except for the phrase, "Is Good" an...
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...