In article 36,
Patriarch wrote:
If money and supply were no option, as it shouldn't be on high end
stuff, would you still prefer a plywood veneer?

I'm sorry that this has devolved into a pi$$ing contest.

Much of the output of the alumni (and faculty, for that matter) of the
College of the Redwoods over the past decade or so has used veneer,
generally shop cut, over whatever substrates made the most sense for the
project. Often, that was a process very similar to that described by Mr.
Watson.

Note also the Scandinavian master designers of the mid-twentieth century.
And Jere Osgood, who has a piece or three in the world's better museums

'Quality' is well executed material and design, whatever material that may
turn out to be.

Patriarch,
who knows a few great wooddorkers, and admires them, more than he can
emulate their craft...

While not exactly made from plywood (these are first bended, then glued
up) Alvar Aalto designed several chairs that were quite high end in 1920's
and 1930's and even designed and made for invidual orders. Here is a link
to a web page with images:
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/alvar/design/chair/english.htm

I think that especially the chair in top right corner is pretty qood
example what can be made from plywood and still be considerrerd of being
of very good quality. These chairs are still pretty expensive today,
despite of being mass produced.

I don't think that these are high end anymore cos of mass production but I
like them very much. Artek web pages have links where his furniture is
used, see
http://www.artek.fi

seismo malm (from finland)