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. Tuition: $650