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Silas Kopf
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Silas Kopf

Silas has a degree in architecture from Princeton. He later was an apprentice to Wendell Castle and studied marquetry at the École Boulle in Paris. Silas received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship. He has also been named a Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium.

Silas’s work can be found in the following museums:

Museum of Fine Arts – Boston

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian

Mint Museum – Charlotte, NC

Milwaukee Museum of Art

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Introduction to Marquetry

Instructor: Silas Kopf
Weekend course: May 25 – 26, 2024
Price: $415

To have your name added to the waitlist, please email workshop@wendellcastle.org

This two-day class will begin with a demonstration of the double bevel method for cutting marquetry.

Participants will then have the opportunity to cut a simple motif using both hand saws and a power scroll saw.


Student Tools

Students should bring with them an 11” fret saw. Here’s one from Woodcraft: fret saw.

Course fee: $385

Material fee: $35

Silas has a degree in architecture from Princeton. He later was an apprentice to Wendell Castle and studied marquetry at the École Boulle in Paris. Silas received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship. He has also been named a Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium.

Silas’s work can be found in the following museums:

Museum of Fine Arts – Boston

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian

Mint Museum – Charlotte, NC

Milwaukee Museum of Art

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