Ole Boulle
Massive in Scale, over 8 feet tall. Any guesses on how the gold 1/4 sphere was made?
This is a collectors cabinet popular in Europe during the 1700’s. Many different different techniques such as mold making, boulle marquetry, composition ornament were used. I cover all these at Marc Adams School of Woodworking during the summer.
I pay homage to 3 of the best; Boulle, Roetgen, and Davinci.
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Massive in Scale, over 8 feet tall. Any guesses on how the gold 1/4 sphere was made?
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Boulle' style marquetry, with paduak, mother of pearl, and ebony.
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Leonardo DaVinci. I sculpted my idol and surrounded him with pictures of 5 major areas of study.
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There are 4 mini alters, each one different. This piece was influenced by pieces that David Roetgen sold to Russian Monarchy during the late 1700's. Architectural furniture was in vogue back then. There are over 1,000 pieces of ornament used. This detail is a lot of fun, no sawdust to deal with!
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This weighs a lot. It breaks down into 3 parts: the hood, the body, and the table. I use a lot composition ornament in my work. You can see ornament on the walls of my living room.
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As to how the golden 1/4 sphere is made, I'm guessing half of a sphere was turned like a bowl on the lathe,cut in half, and then gold leaf was applied.
Good guess.
Actually, it was laminated with a water based casting compound called Aquaresin, which had a base form of insulation pink foam skinned with clay.
Hi Gregg, Incredible as usual. You make some very beautiful pieces of art. Is that a picture of you in marquetry on your profile picture?
Hi Dennis.
Yes it is. Wood makes my nose look smaller, or at least that's what I am told.
Great job on you pieces as usual.
Sir can u advise what a saw do you use at your work?´thank you sason madrid
Not sure of the question, but for a table saw I now use my new sawstop. For marquetry work, when I use to do it manually, I used my Ryobi scroll saw with a 2/0 skip tooth blade with the table angled to 15 degrees when using commercial veneers (.025").
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