ADVANCED VENEERING
Veneered and inlaid demilune table by Darryl Keil, East Indian rose-wood, lacewood, and maple, 1987
Darryl Keil
October 12 – 16
This is a rare opportunity for those with basic veneering experience to advance their skills. With Darryl’s expert guidance, participants learn to combine veneer and inlay into complex, curved patterns, to apply veneer and inlay to curved panels such as doors and drawer fronts, and to apply veneer to curved parts such as cylinders and moldings.
To warm up, students make a demi-lune table top with a curved short-grain border and straight and curved inlay, plus a small fan that they set in an oval and inset into a mock leg. From there, they learn to apply complex patterns such as these to curved surfaces, working with both hand and power tools, and explore advanced techniques with the vacuum press.
Darryl Keil is a leading expert on veneer work. He has made two excellent videotapes on the subject, Working With Veneer and Working in a Vacuum, and he writes for Fine Woodworking. Darryl began making furniture in 1976 and was a pioneer in the application of vacuum pressing technology to woodworking. His company, Vacuum Pressing Systems, operates out of Brunswick, Maine.