Some of you might have seen the very elaborate large marquetry framed mirrors that appear in some art galleries, but the veneer pieces are all cut out with a laser.
There are two schools in North American (one in San Diego, one in Canada) that occasionally offer in-person classes in marquetry using a chevalet de marqueterie they have on site, but it seems to me that it will die out shortly with the advent of precise laser cutting. Some of you might have seen the very elaborate large marquetry framed mirrors that appear in some art galleries, but the veneer pieces are all cut out with a laser.