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.

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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Thursday, August 21, 2014

New Furniture?? Not My Problem!

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Me Looking At New Furniture During my career restoring antique furniture, I have gotten fairly good at screening calls. I am always a...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

OBG Raises Questions and Provides Answers

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Made Possible by Old Brown Glue I developed and used Old Brown Glue nearly 10 years before I began selling it to the "public....

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Fine Art or Decorative Art? It Makes a Difference!

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Made of Wood. How Can This Not Be Fine Art? Three things happened to me when I lived in Paris off and on for a decade in the 1990'...

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Friday, August 15, 2014

American Folk Marquetry

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English Apprentice Board c.1885 The last few days I have been thinking about geometrical designs in marquetry. One of the reasons ...

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Tarsia a Toppo or Inlay?

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The Cube Design "inlay" around the Drawers is Tarsia a Toppo Charles Montgomery was one of the most important men in my life,...

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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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