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About|design|the viol consort|Fretwork (music group)|the stringed instrument manufacturing|LuthierRefimprove|date=April 2010 Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw , coping saw , jigsaw or scroll saw . Most fretwork patterns are geometric in design. The materials most commonly used are wood and metal .Citation | last = Olver | first = Elizabeth | title = Jewelry Making Techniques Book | page = 26 | publisher = North Light Books | year = 2001 | url = http://books.google.com/books? id=tqruTvemolwC& pg=PT8 | isbn = 9781581802108 | postscript =. Fretwork is used to adorn furniture and musical instrument s. The term is also used for tracery on glazed windows and doors. Fretwork is also used to adorn/decorate architecture, where specific elements of decor are named according to their use. e.g. eave Bracket (architecture)|bracket , gable fretwork, baluster fretwork.
Fretwork patterns originally were ornamental designs used to decorate objects with a grid or a lattice. Designs have developed from the rectangular wave Greek fret to intricate intertwined patterns. A common misconceptionCitation needed|date=September 2010 is that fretwork is fretwork because it was done with a fretsaw. Actually the pattern is a fretwork whether or not it was cut out with a fretsaw.
Computer numerical control (CNC) has brought about change in the method of timber fretwork manufacture. Lasers or router/milling cutting implements can now fashion timber and various other materials into flat and even 3D decorative items.
