Marquetry Society of Canada

This picture is of the 2000 - 2001 club project and (the third such) and depicts 26 letters of the alphabet with animals beginning with that letter. Each letter was made by a different member of the club.

The 'Map Project' was completed in February of 1997, taking nearly a year. It is displayed at shows and special meetings that our Society attends. The project was worked on by 35 people. The finished size is 70 inches by 28 inches. it is estimated that it took 30 hours to plan, 520 hours to cut all the pictures and 50 hours to assemble and press; a total of 600 hours. There are approximately 2200 pieces and over 40 veneer species. Lower down on this page is a list of all involved in the project and their contribution - there is also a 'mini' key picture to help you identify each relevant part of the main picture.

Shields

1/. Alberta (AB) .............................Frank Harris
2/.   British Columbia (BC)...........Ed Holcman
3/.   Manitoba (MB) ........................Mike Flower
4/.   New Brunswick (NB) ............William Vanidor
5/.   Newfoundland (NF) ..............Tony Stuart
6/.   Northwest Territories (NT) ...Don Drapeau
7/.   Nova Scotia (NS) ...................David Harrison
8/.   Ontario (ON) ...........................Ed Habib
9/.   Prince Edward Island (PE)...Mike Pillar
10/ Quebec (PQ)...........................Ken Perch
11/. Saskatchewan (SK) .............Laurence Quigley
12/. Yukon territories (YT) ...........Jack Naughton

Flowers

13/. Wild Rose (AB) .....................Lucy Swoboda
14/.  Pacific Dogwood (BC) ........ Lucy Swoboda
15/.  Prairie Crocus (MB) .............Frank Harris
16/.  Purple Violet (NB) ................Bernadette Chubb
17/.  Pitcher Plant (NF) .................Mike Stredwick
18/.  Mountain Avens (NT) ...........Paul Dean
19/.  Mayflower (NS) .....................Saul Marjasz
20/.  White Trillium (ON) ..............John Sedgwick
21/.  Lady's Slipper (PE) ..............Alfred Wierzimok
22/.  White Garden Lily (PQ) .......Errol McKercher
23/.  West Red Lily (SK) ...............Frank Amato
24/.  Fireweed (YT) ........................Dody Theurer

Scenes
25/. AB / Calgary Skyline ...............John Marshall 26/. Baffin Island / Eskimo............Doug Denton 27/. BC / Salmon.............................Bill Cotter 28/. MB / Fort York...........................Frank Wood 29/. Maritimes / Covered Bridge..Derek Clay 30/. NF / Fishing Harbour..............Bruce Fairchild	31/. NT / Northern Lights...............Henry Mein 32/. ON / Toronto Skyline...............Edgar Werner 33/. QU / Maple Syrup.....................Jim Colter 34/. SK / Grain Elevators................Almis Lukavicius 35/. YT / Gold Sluice.......................Jim MacKeracher

Map of Canada.............Jim MacKeracher
Planning, assembly, pressing, sanding etc.....Jim MacKeracher
Sanding.........Paul Armstrong from 'Armstrong Inlay'
Finishing...........Glenn Baker from 'Baker finishing'

	Index 26 Scene from Baffin Island, Northwest Territories Inuit hunter	Doug Denton, MSC #5
	Index 4 Coat of arms of New Brunswick	William Vanidour, MSC # 341
	Index 18 Territorial flower of the NWT Mountain Avens	Paul Dean, MSC # 427
	Index 33 Scene from Quebec Maple syrup collecting in the sugar bush	James Colter, MSC #6