News and Updates
Happy Birthday to Us!
Heritage Inlay Design is now 20 years old, thank you to everyone who we've dealt with in that time, and here's looking forward to the next 20!
Recent work
We've worked on an even wider variety of projects in the past year than usual.These have included marquetry for an exciting range of furniture for a prestigious residence in Eastern Europe,
a layon that was supplied, and applied, to an 80th Birthday gift presented to President Bush Sr (I know, but...etc),
several yacht projects,
some spectacular leather cutting for garments,
the door surrounds, signs, menus and even invites to the launch of, Karma (Brighton's top late night bar)
and of course,literally thousands of marquetry motifs and layons , sold to places as diverse as;
Wales, Nairobi, Hawaii, Australia, Germany, Cyprus, North America, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Canada, the Netherlands, Sarajevo, England and Italy.
Upcoming Projects
We're glad to say we're as busy as ever, and we are currently working on marquetry for an exciting range of Executive Desks for California, some beautiful hand sawn floral panels for coffee tables for a highly prestigious furniture maker, a table depicting black panthers (pics soon), laser engraved perspex for an exciting lighting project and some wonderful laser engraved and laser cut leather for garments.Plenty to do then.
October 2001-Our New Laser ( ok, so this is now old news, we're now looking into a 3rd laser!)
We are proud to announce the addition of another laser cutting machine.With a bigger cutting bed and double the power of our other laser we are now be able to offer new services such etching glass, cutting and etching leather and fretwork.We can also have two completely unrelated jobs on the go simultaneously, three, with handcutting! Phone, fax or email for details.
And finally..
Fretsawn Marquetry?
It has been drawn to our attention that a marquetry company has used its website to imply that fretsawn marquetry is of an inferior quality to that of the knife or laser.As we have no bias (we practice all three methods!), we would like to point out that the very finest marquetry masterpieces,such as those gracing the Victoria and Albert Museum,London, are invariably fretsawn.We have a feeling someone found re-writing history easier than mastering the fretsaw! Hand cut or laser? takes a look at the different methods and why one method is not enough.