Tutorials and Demonstrations Links Page

We have grouped the links to our tutorials and demonstrations conveniently together on this "menu" page. The reason we have done this is because our tutorials are getting to be very comprehensive and we now need a menu system that will make each tutorial easier to access, we hope you find this system helpful.

To reach any tutorial just click the appropriate button below.

Please Note: Due to the sharp implements and volatile materials used in the processes of making marquetry pictures - we should like to draw your attention to the Health & safety button listed below. We recommend you to read this informative Health & safety page before you progress on to starting your first picture.

We, at the Redbridge Marquetry Group practice and promote safety in marquetry. 
 

Go to our Health and Safety recommendations page Click here to see a short sequence showing a marquetry picture being built up Click here for another marquetry picture assembly sequence Click here to learn how to do sand shading Click here to learn Basket weave techniques
Click here to learn how to make trellis work in marquetry Click here to learn the technique of making Louis cubes Click here for the diamond pattern tutorial Click here to learn how to make a marquetry chess board Click here to learn how to do fine line work in marquetry
Click here to learn Piercing saw techniques Click here for Alf's marquetry tips Click here to learn how to add borders and mitres to your picture Click here to learn the methods of perfect varnishing Click here to see how a time ravaged photo can be brought back to life in Photoshop
See video clips from Alf's demos Go to page 2 of Alf's video clips See some of Alf's piercing saw demo clips See more of Alf's piercing saw demo clips Click here for Eric Horne's very own tutorial
Click here to read about how Spike Milligan's portrait came into being Click here for Roy's definitive veneers descriptions pages Click here to visit the veneer samples galleries Click here to learn how to sharpen your cutting blade correctly Click here to see the tools of the trade

Click here to visit the veneer colours and descriptions tables

Start here if you are a beginner at marquetry and would like to learn from the first basics

Go to our How Veneers are made page

Learn how to make Harewood yourself

Learn about the variations between those veneer sources

How to make a marquetry Donkey saw Learn how Chas Baker makes his famous bookmarks Learn how to make fragmentation and sliverisation The very first days of the Marquetry Society
Go to veneer flattening tutorial Scraper tool tutorial