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I like pictures.
I like wood.
I make pictures with wood.
As a youngster, I was exposed to high-level woodworking in my father’s shop.
I tried my hand at woodworking from time to time and hacked up some otherwise useful pieces of wood in the process.
In my adult life, I built houses, repaired houses, built furniture, repaired furniture, and managed a small business performing these tasks. I also took a lot
of pictures with my camera.
I found a way to do pictures and wood at the same time. It’s called marquetry. I make pictures with wood.
The human face is my favorite subject. It’s never boring.
For me the thrill and challenge lies in faithfully rendering the subject while making it better using materials with color and texture that are foreign to
those in the source photograph.
Besides my personal experiences in construction, my training has come in the form of exposure to some exceptionally talented craftsmen: Paul Schürch, a
master marquetarian and a superb teacher, Silas Kopf by way of his landmark book, “A Marquetry Odessey”, and perhaps most significantly, my father, Jim
Milam, who is a master of American period furniture reproduction.
Rob Milam
Atlanta, GA
March 2010
Shows and Juried Exhibitions
• 2010 StillPoint Art Gallery – American Portraits: Diversity in Our
Land – juried exhibition - finalist
• 2010 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge – 1st place: Specialty
Products category and “Judges Award for Special Artistic
Merit”
• 2010 “Moonstruck” –juried exhibition – finalist. Cahoon Museum
of American Art. Cotuit, Massachusetts
• 2010 National Collage Society – 26th Annual Exhibition
• 2010 Portrait Society of Atlanta: Fall Exhibition – finalist
• 2011 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge – Specialty Products
category winner
• 2011 “Wood Work” – group show. Gallery Walk at Terminus.
Atlanta, Georgia
I like wood.
I make pictures with wood.
As a youngster, I was exposed to high-level woodworking in my father’s shop.
I tried my hand at woodworking from time to time and hacked up some otherwise useful pieces of wood in the process.
In my adult life, I built houses, repaired houses, built furniture, repaired furniture, and managed a small business performing these tasks. I also took a lot
of pictures with my camera.
I found a way to do pictures and wood at the same time. It’s called marquetry. I make pictures with wood.
The human face is my favorite subject. It’s never boring.
For me the thrill and challenge lies in faithfully rendering the subject while making it better using materials with color and texture that are foreign to
those in the source photograph.
Besides my personal experiences in construction, my training has come in the form of exposure to some exceptionally talented craftsmen: Paul Schürch, a
master marquetarian and a superb teacher, Silas Kopf by way of his landmark book, “A Marquetry Odessey”, and perhaps most significantly, my father, Jim
Milam, who is a master of American period furniture reproduction.
Rob Milam
Atlanta, GA
March 2010
Shows and Juried Exhibitions
• 2010 StillPoint Art Gallery – American Portraits: Diversity in Our
Land – juried exhibition - finalist
• 2010 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge – 1st place: Specialty
Products category and “Judges Award for Special Artistic
Merit”
• 2010 “Moonstruck” –juried exhibition – finalist. Cahoon Museum
of American Art. Cotuit, Massachusetts
• 2010 National Collage Society – 26th Annual Exhibition
• 2010 Portrait Society of Atlanta: Fall Exhibition – finalist
• 2011 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge – Specialty Products
category winner
• 2011 “Wood Work” – group show. Gallery Walk at Terminus.
Atlanta, Georgia
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