Marquetry-Wood Veneer Picture​

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March 29 & 30, 2019 2 Session (Friday & Saturday)
10:30 am-5:00 pm
Instructor: Rita Poole
Class Fee:   $75.00 non-members + $15.00 Supply Fee
                     $67.50 BRMAA members + 15.00 Supply Fee                    
Come learn something new and unique!  This Marquetry class will teach you the process of creating an image with wood veneers.  The students will cut the veneer pieces with an exacto knife at a 4 degree angle so that the joints are perfect.  Each piece of veneer will be glued onto a wood block.  The student can pick from two different patterns offered by the Instructor.  Once the veneer pieces are glued and pressed onto the wood block, the student will sand and varnishing the completed 8X10 picture.  The Instructor will supply the materials and frame.  The student must bring their own Exacto No. 1 knife, spare blades and a 12X18 self-healing cutting board.  This 2 day course will have a short lunch break and students may bring their own lunches.  This is the class to learn something totally new and inspiring!  

Register for Class Below

Marquetry- March 29 & 30,2019 Registration & Supply Fee

Call (706) 632-2144 for questions regarding this course and registration.  Payment is required to register for BRMAA courses. You may pay via PayPal above, over the phone, or visit The Art Center located at 420 West Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 to pay in person. The Programming Coordinator is in the office from 10 am - 6pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

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RITA POOLE
Rita has a background in art and design that has spanned a career of more that 40 years.  He recent passions are for drawing and photography. 
She has worked in ceramics and glass with many world famous companies such as Royal Doulton, Wedgewood, Pilkington and German porcelain Companies like Rosenthal, Hutchenreuther, Villory and Boch.  She developed decoration colors and application techniques for tableware, metalware and glass.
Rita also worked for many years in the Scotch whiskey and vodka markets where she created methods to decorate the high end bottles with innovative designs in enamel.
From there she moved to the United States where she joined a French company in Georgia and decorated perfume bottles for well known major perfume houses, including Calvin Klein, Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden and Coty.  
She now turns all her creative talents into creating beautiful Marquetry pictures, photography and drawing.  
Rita has taken Marquetry classes at John C Campbell and has pictures up in different Galleries in North Georgia.