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SCHÜRCH WOODWORK SEMINARS & LECTURES I currently own and operate a custom woodworking shop specializing in marquetry. I produce up to 30 pieces of fine furniture per year. For several years I have been teaching furniture making, veneerwork and marquetry, and I am now dedicated to the task of passing on the knowledge I have received from the many fine teachers and masters of the trades. Since 1979, I have passed this knowledge on to many people who have successfully completed seminars, apprenticeships and advanced internships in my shop. Up until 1995, I traveled once a year to Northern Italy to work in a small shop specializing in production marquetry for the furniture trade. I would bring my own projects in the form of drawings and raw wood veneer, and work side by side with some of the finest craftsmen in the world. They gave me a workbench, help when I needed it, and the techniques that I am still using today. The experience of working with these masters and journeymen was incredibly inspiring. They gave so freely of themselves, their secrets and techniques so I could pursue the ideas and visions I had for my own furniture designs as well as my future as a teacher. When I started my internship in marquetry, there were about twenty businesses in this area of Italy producing marquetry, and now I understand there are only two shops left. It is my hope that you will make good use of this information, the techniques and tools that I have to offer, as well as allowing me to introduce you to the art of decorative veneering. I wish to instill confidence, and inspire students to explore this fine craft on their own projects, and to help them to create lasting works of art that will be handed down for generations to come. SEMINARS           LECTURES       (click on text in RED for more information - click back button to return) Little Gum Creek Workshop May 6-10, 2008 "Veneering & Marquetry" Advanced Class Atlanta, GA Don Russell (770) 784-1883 dvr-par@email.msn.com William Ng September 16-20, 2008 "Veneering & Marquetry" Basic Class 1340 North Dynamics Street, Unit H Anaheim, CA 92806 714-993-4215 www.wnwoodworks.com info@wnwoodworks.com Marc Adams Oct 6-10, 2008 "Decorative Veneering" Basic Class 5504 East 500 North Franklin, IN 46131 www.marcadams.com Schurch Woodwork, Santa Barbara, CA November 11-15, 2008 "Decorative Veneering & Marquetry" Advanced Class 731 Bond Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93103 805-965-3821 www.schurchwoodwork.com info@schurchwoodwork.com           UCSB "Materials in Society, The Stuff of Dreams" Feb 27, 2008, Santa Barbara, CA www.materials.ucsb.edu Lecture Descriptions CITEA 08 Conference "Veneering for Educators" March 13, 2008, Riverside, CA www.citea.org Lecture Descriptions French Network Club "The Modern Marquetry Shop" April 26, 2008, Santa Barbara, CA www.schurchwoodwork.com Lecture Descriptions Marc Adams Oct 11, 2008 "Practical Furniture Design" Specialty Class 5504 East 500 North Franklin, IN 46131 www.marcadams.com [Home | Top]