I was trained in Europe and completed a succession of formal apprenticeships as a piano builder, church organ builder, traditional boat builder, furniture restoration, and marquetry. I have been featured on TV, in magazines, and coffee table books, teaching these skills through seminars, producing books, instructional DVDs and online content since 1980.
A partial list of schools: IWF in Atlanta, GA, AWFS in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, NV, Marc Adams School of Woodworking, IN, Woodcraft, Furniture Society, MIT in MA, UCSB in Goleta, CA, Kansas City Woodworkers Guild, Des Moines Woodworking Guild, Kings Island Shop in HI, SW School of Woodwork in AZ, David Marks Studio, CA, San Diego Fine Woodworkers in CA, Cerritos College CA, BARN in WA and many more…. (click this *link* to see a short You-Tube clip of classes in action 2024)
2026 Seminar Schedule:
- MASW 5-day Veneering and Marquetry, April 20-24 Franklin, IN ( http://marcadams.com
- MASW 2-day Intuitive Design, April 25-26
- MASW 5-day Designing Veneered Furniture with Curves, April 27-May 1
- BARN 3-day Marquetry seminar, May 3-5 Bainbridge Island, WA (http://bainbridgebarn.org https://www.create.bainbridgebarn.org/AssnFe/ev.asp?ID=5324173
– For online mentoring, private instruction, and consulting, go to ‘Class Topics‘
- As we look toward the future regarding the way specific techniques and the way hand skills are taught online and in-person, we have all adapted, and found ways to make this work. The DVDs and Booklets are a great way to get the fundamentals of veneering and marquetry mastered, and online mentoring will resolve the issues that one can encounter, creating next-level projects, both in furniture design, construction, and finishing, as well as veneering and marquetry.
- I am producing new work, and have moved further west to open a shop and teaching studio on the Hamakua coastline north of Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii, in the fall of 2026.
- I will post my group class schedule on this page and Instagram when new dates become available.
- Contact me if you are interested in taking private classes.
