The Inlay Arts

Inlay-Arts.com is dedicated to presenting the best of the inlay arts – decorative techniques that involve fitting together different materials to create a pattern or image. These include marquetry, parquetry, and inlay.

Marquetry

Marquetry is the art of using colorful veneers of wood, shell and stone to “paint a picture.” Appropriate veneers are selected according to their natural coloring, tone, texture, grain and other qualities. The various shapes used in the image are carefully cut from the chosen materials and precisely fit together.

Marquetry

Marquetry by Yannick Chastang

Parquetry

Parquetry is a similar technique using veneers of wood and other materials to create  decorative geometric patterns.

Parquetry by Craig Thibodeau

Inlay

Inlay is the embedding of wood, shell, metal, or other natural materials into pockets routed into the surface of a piece of solid material, using hammers and other specialized tools. As with marquetry, it is a precise and time-consuming process that creates stunning results.

Inlay by Larry Robinson

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