Beautiful wood is precious and has to be used sparingly.
Hence the art of veneering, in which rare woods are sliced or sawn into thin leaves and then glued onto a substructure of more common material.
The allied art of marquetry consists of making pictures - often to adorn elegant, veneered furniture - from a palette of colorful wood veneers.
In this collection of 38 articles from Fine Woodworking magazine, skilled craftsmen explain how veneer is manufactured and how you can saw y.