Blog Posts about Matthew Werner

Matthew Werner – Studio Made

Here's a link to Matthew Werner's latest Newsletter and a brief update about his recent studio activities, such as some designs that he's doing for the "Studio Made" show starting in July 2011 - http://bit.ly/iGmT46 "I've been quiet on the newsletter front lately, but busy in the shop. The big news is that the exhibit "STUDIO MADE: Santa Cruz Woodworkers" will be opening at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz next month."   A couple of  images from the marquetry pieces that Matthew Werner is working on:         This...

Matthew Werner’s January 2011 Newsletter

Matthew Werner - Handcrafted furniture with marquetry Matthew Werner just sent me his January 2011 newsletter. He put in a plug for MiArtStudio.com and this blog.  

Matthew Werner’s “Coral Reef Cabinets”

Coral reef marquetry evokes shell habitat Matthew Werner's client asked him to design a pair of cabinets to display a treasured collection of shells left to her by her grandmother. The shells were collected from coral reefs in the tropical Pacific, and the client's brief was for the marquetry in the back panels to evoke the habitat where the shells originated.

Matthew Werner’s Fine Marquetry Furniture

Early roots in nature lead to PhD in ecology "My connections to the natural world are rooted in my childhood, when my family spent summers on the Delaware River and I was free to roam field and forest." Matthew Werner     Matthew Werner has felt deeply connected to nature ever since these childhood sojourns on the Delaware River. This bond was strengthened during his college years by a Smithsonian-funded internship doing research in the Maryland woods. After earning his PhD in ecology, he moved to California to do organic farming research.   Inspired...