I am a software engineer with over twenty years of developing a wide variety of software, including five years with web based applications.
I became interested in marquetry several years ago after seeing a display at the Oregon state fair. I looked at the pictures and talked to one of the members manning the booth, got contact information from him and several months later attended a local chapter meeting. I have been a member ever since.
I have only done one marquetry piece so far, a small rose bud, which one of our local members