ARTISAN AT CUTTING EDGE AS HE REVIVES THE CENTURIES-OLD CRAFT OF MARQUETRY

In modern popular culture, veneers are best known as the preserve of celebrities – or Love Island contestants – with incredulously perfect white smiles. But at Ladies’ Day during the Galway Races, two attendees were wearing veneers of a different kind: wooden veneers on their fascinators. The man behind the designs was Ciarán Mc Gill, who, as an expert in marquetry, is more accustomed to his creations being worn by inanimate objects like high-end furniture.