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The ability of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known hundreds of years ago. However, even after one hundred years, it's got not lost its relevance,giving the planet the astounding rolling around in its beauty products that could beautify even royal chambers. The very fact the area has become themarquetry around the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of order marquetry furniture.
- Please tell us a bit of you and exactly how you obtain were only available in a hard-to-find art - marquetry.
- I used to be born in Sokol, Vologda region, my children has long been creative individuals. Based on the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died at the front in 1943 in Leningrad, he was obviously a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was involved in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and was considered one of the masters available one of the best. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My passion for various kinds of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it turned out interesting. However a really strong impression on me picture I saw, came once to see an associate. It was a small operation onRussian folk tales, carved from components of different types of wood and composed as a mosaic, within a unit. Then I was surprised, whenever possible, only using natural wood minus the colors, make the sport of color and texture to choose ??? Only years later Ilearned that it was my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone are the a few years decades is always to learn this art and master it toperfection.
- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only very wealthy people, today the situation is different or wooden inlay isstill purely available to the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia meet the expense of only very wealthy people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and the court nobility. I think that today the situation have not changed. True inlay available remains just the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified varieties of marquetry, but they're far inferior to manual work. There isn't any doubt that theproduct placed on stream, will not be the masterpieces of the highest level.
- As you know, the therapy lamp received the very best flowering of art in Europe is different than a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?
- Growth and development of the Russian school of marquetry was closely for this growth and development of this art in several Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my view, is caused by the possible lack of a unified style, a kind of layering, which was the hallmark of this kind of art in Russia. We had been capable of soak up the best of the setand create something of their diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit could only take care of marquetry, this sort of art require special knowledge and talent. What number of artists today,capable of create masterpieces beyond wood?
- To date, the true masters, capable to create masterpieces of wood Body, because this sort of art requires perseverance, attention,understanding of various varieties of trees, the experience of taste, style and ability to pick up a tree colored, texture. Specialists, whoare fond of marquetry may be called through the names of everyone who is considered an experienced in cases like this. Each master their ownstyle, its personality.
- As far as today, popular products, produced in design for marquetry? In fact, these are a lot more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly along with modern design.
