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.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Sand Shading

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There are many individual steps to create a marquetry panel, and I love all of them except one. From the inspiration to the design, the ...

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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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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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Friday, December 24, 2010

But Is It Art?

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I have had a lot of experience in the world of Decorative Art. I have read literally thousands of books, visited hundreds of museums and ...

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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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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