Editing Marquetry (section)

== New techniques ==
[[File:Marquetry cabinet tasmanian woods.jpg|thumb|right|Modern marquetry cabinet made from [[Tasmanian]] timbers.]]
During the 1980s [[:fr:Georges Vriz|Georges Vriz]] developed a technique called technique VRIZ, layering two veneer layers on top of each other and sanding through the top one, to the point of fiber transparency. This has been used mainly in France, by professionals and marquetry students of the [[École Boulle]]. With its technique, Georges Vriz promoted a resurgence of the marquetry he called RENAISSANCE. He launched the contemporary marquetry. In the US the technique has been used at the American School of French Marquetry by one of the teachers, artist Patrice Lejeune. The school staff is also proposing a new name for it: "Given that 'piercing' is an unfortunate mistake in the veneering world, we chose to use the word "Fusion" instead, by which term the artist expresses his intention of sanding through the veneer as a decorative, textural effect, not as a mistake."

[[High tech|Cutting-edge tech]] has also been applied to marquetry. Among these is [[laser cutting]], where the design is drawn or imported as a [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] or [[Vector graphics|vector]] file and each piece is cut separately; each different species of wood-and thickness-may need a specific adjustment of the beam power; the offset will determine the gap between the pieces. In some cases, the beam will leave a dark edge due to the high heat required by the process.