GUILD NEWS

NEXT VIRTUAL MEETING:  May 15, 7:00 p.m. MDT
Program: Show and Tell!
This is a chance to share your creative efforts with the rest of the members. Send images and a brief description to Tim Brown and he will prep your info and have it ready for this next Zoom meeting. Send to Tim at trbrown@rockharbor.net.
Guild meetings usually occur at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the third Thursday of the month.

FREE WORKSHOPS CONTINUE IN 2025

Workshops are open to anyone, including non-members wanting to try the craft. All skill levels may work with and learn from other members during an informal four-hour period. Tools and materials, including veneer, are available for beginners to borrow free of charge.

The reservation for the meeting room for the workshop has been approved for Saturday May 24, 2025 at the Erie Community Library from 10:30am to 2:00pm.
Let Fred Schmidt know if you plan to arrive in the afternoon. Also let Fred know if you will need a saw, other tools, and/or veneer to use at the workshop.
Not a member? Contact the guild.

A SPECIAL EVENT: Marquetry Exhibit at the Art and History Museum in Loveland Colorado!

There are plans in process to create this exhibit. At this point neither the RMMG Board or the general membership has approved this plan. For more information about the exhibit, if it does happen, click HERE!

A SPECIAL EVENT: 2024-2025 AMS “Water” Marquetry Contest

The latest AMS Marquetry contest is now under way! This contest tests your marquetry skills against other experts in the field. For more information click HERE!

Artistic Techniques Area

Here you can find tips and tricks for making and enhancing your marquetry pieces. Go HERE for more details on the following topics:

  • Use of Pyrography to enhance your pieces.
  • Adding Dimension with Light and Shadows
  • Choosing Skin Tones for Portraits
  • Using Fusion to Add a Painterly Touch
  • Matching Veneer Circling a Center Point
  • Bending Veneer into Curves
  • Inlaying Marquetry with Precision
  • Creating Marquetry with Straw, a French Practice
  • Making Lines That Count

WANTED: NEW WORKSHOP COORDINATOR

The Guild needs someone to schedule and maintain the monthly workshops. You can get more information and apply, email with Fred Schmidt at rmmarquetryguild@gmail.com.

LEARN FROM GUILD MEMBERS’  EXPERIENCE

It’s our greatest resource, and some of it has been captured on this website. From fundamentals to artistic techniques, members have shared some of the knowledge behind their enjoyment and success in creating marquetry.

GUILD ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 2025

At the meeting on January 16, guild members present approved the slate of officers for 2025.

President: Fred Schmidt of Severance, Colorado
Vice-president: Scott Roth of Denver, Colorado (2nd term)
Secretary: Dennis Chenoweth of Ventura, California
Treasurer: Clark Cummings of Loveland, Colorado

ANNUAL DUES REMAIN $25 FOR EXISTING MEMBERS

Checks made out to Rocky Mountain Marquetry Guild may be sent to Clark Cummings. See guild directory for the address. Dues may be paid through Paypal, using the guild’s email address, available on the guild directory page.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER?

Please click HERE which will take you to a page with our application form. Download and print that form, fill it out and mail it with your check per the instructions on that form.

ARTISTIC MARQUETRY TECHNIQUES: ONLINE CLASS AVAILABLE
Guild member Rich Gady offers the class through craftsy.com, where classes cost $11 per month.

Following mentoring by renowned marquetarian Silas Kopf, Rich taught marquetry and woodworking for years at Red Rocks Community College in the Greater Denver Area. 

Pictured here is an example of Rich’s work for which he is especially well known in the guild. 

Rich uses contrasting veneer to create marquetry with shadows on a window sill. It looks three-dimensional, but the entire piece hangs flat on a wall. 

View more samples of his extraordinary work in our gallery.

 

Marquetry featured for Guild News was created by Scott Roth

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ENJOY OUR LATEST WORK

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