Blog Posts about Silas Kopf

Fine Woodworking Magazine's Blog Post About Inlay-Arts.com

FineWoodworking.com just published a post about Inlay-Arts.com on their “The Editor’s Mailbox” blog. Fine Woodworking.com’s Web Producer, Ed Pirnik, wrote the post for the blog as well as a post on the Fine Woodworking Facebook page. [ "A New Home For Mouth-Watering Marquetry".]     Arthur Kim Dodge’s new website on Inlay Arts certainly goes a long…

Visit with William Tunberg – Artist

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
St. Francis of Assisi

Silas Kopf: Recent Works

May 6 – June 25, 2011 On the first floor, Wexler Gallery is pleased to present recent works by master studio furniture maker and Marquetry artist Silas Kopf. The exhibition will run from May 6th through June 25th, 2011.

Silas Kopf's 'Founding Fathers Writing Table'

Silas Kopf shared his thoughts with me about his ‘Founding Fathers Writing Table’. Like the Founding Fathers, Silas Kopf is a master at his vocation with a knack for being where the action is. So when curators and fellow master woodworkers Bill Jewel and Jacques Vesery invited him to participate in the “National Treasures: History in the Making” exhibit at the Architectural Digest show (March 18 – 21, 2010) in New York City, he was ready.

Craig Thibodeau's Dogwood Marquetry Buffet

Craig Thibodeau’s expanding design vocabulary Craig Thibodeau sent photos of his new ‘dogwood marquetry buffet’, so I’ll focus this post on Craig’s dogwood theme – a fine example of marquetry’s affinity for natural imagery. In a recent post – Craig Thibodeau’s Art Deco Chess Table – I presented some of his Art Deco pieces. Silas…

Craig Thibodeau's Art Deco Chess Table

Craig Thibodeau’s Woodworking Vocation Craig Thibodeau grew up around woodworking and enjoyed it as a hobby. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering and started a career in industrial product design. However, after his children were born, his hobby became a home-based vocation and his workshop became a professional studio. To intensify and deepen this…

Marquetry Masters Presenting At 2010 Furniture Society Conference

The 2010 Furniture Society Conference, Fusions: Minds and Hands Shaping Our Future The conference will convene June 16-19 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. The cultural richness of Boston with its many galleries, museums and educational institutions will greatly enhance the 2010 conference proceedings taking place on the MIT campus. Fusions is all about…

Marc Adams School of Woodworking is in session

Marc Adams I just received Karen Clifton’s latest post from Karen’s Cafe blog at Marc Adams School of Woodworking. What a happening place for woodworkers! The classes that I’ve listed below are being taught by some of the world’s best contemporary marquetry and inlay artists. A Great Offering of Woodworking Instructors “We have a GREAT offering…

William Tunberg – Fine Artist and Creator of Marquetry Sculpture

Creating Marquetry Sculpture “In creating marquetry sculpture, I call upon my lifelong love of assemblage and classical drawing. My materials are exotic natural and dyed veneers that I fragment, assemble, and reassemble, and ultimately laminate over complex sculptural forms of my own devising. I consider the resulting imagery as personal narratives expressed in my own…

Silas Kopf – “Bad Hare Day” at the Renwick

Bad Hare Day by Silas Kopf   Silas Kopf’s fusion of form, function and concept grounds his characteristic wit and sense of irony in Bad Hare Day. This exquisitely crafted oval cabinet is the stage for an incongruous marquetry drama; a sleek red-coated fox is being chased by a trio of emboldened hares. This piece…