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This is an occasional series highlighting some
renowned marquetarians from within the ranks of the Redbridge Marquetry Group. |
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The renowned
marquetarian we are featuring in this session of the series
is the infamous (in marquetry circles) Horrie Pedder,
- yes indeed, he is the
fellow that the portraiture cup awarded at the National Exhibition is
named after.
Horrie has been cutting marquetry pictures for several
decades now and he is an invaluable source of information on all matters
marquetry for us more lowly practitioners to refer to.
Horrie has a
unique way with depicting roses and glassware that very few others have
been able to emulate, you only have to look in 'our gallery' to see the
examples for yourself, you are guaranteed to be impressed.
The 'finish'
of his pictures is something else to be admired, so let us get a few
words from Horrie himself. |
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Horrie:
My interest in marquetry started before world war two when I went to a show
house in Coventry and saw a big picture over the fireplace in marquetry. It
was only a basic design, there was no picture as such, but it was showing
off the wood, especially the sky, and I always remembered that picture
showing in that house. Moving on to the Jubilee Mural I did a lot of work on
that with Charlie Good, I did Windsor Castle and Churchill and several
different national motifs. Roses are a speciality of mine, and one day a
chap from Newcastle wrote me a letter to find out how I did them and he
wanted a copy of the drawing because his wife liked them so much, I said
"well there's no drawing, I went out in my daughter's garden and I had a
pencil and a little pad about three inches square with me. She had some
lovely roses in her garden and I drew each one, and that's all I had". And
then he wanted to know which veneers the roses were made of, I said maple,
but there is a lot of different maples, and the thing is you've got to look
for the bit that's right for the picture you're doing, you're looking for a
natural colour, you don't want it too deep. I mean, to make a rose you have
to find a piece of veneer that looks like a rose, like anything, it's got to
be right. So, as you'll appreciate, my rose pictures are pictures taken from
actual living roses, they're not copies of roses from photos, so that in
itself must add a little bit of extra realism and life to the picture that
couldn't be got from just copying photographs. I will now tell you about my
finishing techniques which I hope will help you in achieving your perfect
finish. You can get the to page by clicking
"Here"
or alternatively, by selecting it from the menu on the Tutorials Page
under the heading of "Varnish".
Horrie displays just a few of his pictures
and awards
Horrie now has his own
Gallery on display in this web site, to visit it click on the link top
left.
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