Marquetry furniture5703194
The ability of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known generations ago. However, even though a hundred years, it has not lost its relevance,giving the entire world the spectacular in the beauty items that could beautify even royal chambers. The very fact the best place is now themarquetry for the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of order marquetry panels.
- Please reveal just a little about yourself and the way you obtain entered an infrequent art - marquetry.
- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, my family is certainly creative individuals. In accordance with the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died in front in 1943 in Leningrad, he was a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was involved in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and was considered one of many masters in the commercial one of the best. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My passion for several types 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 check out an associate. It turned out a tiny operation onRussian folk tales, carved from pieces of kinds of wood and composed as being a mosaic, in one unit. I quickly was surprised, as much as possible, only using natural wood without the colors, result in the sport of color and texture to select ??? Only years later Ilearned it's my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone are the a number of decades is usually to learn this art and master it toperfection.
- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only very wealthy people, today your situation changed 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 as well as the court nobility. I do believe that today the situation hasn't changed. True inlay available continues to be just the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified varieties of marquetry, but you are far inferior to manual work. No doubt that theproduct put on stream, will never be the masterpieces of the highest level.
- You know, the bradenton area received the greatest flowering of art in Europe differs from a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?
- Development of the Russian school of marquetry was closely associated with the growth and development of this art in numerous Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my view, is caused by deficiency of a unified style, a kind of layering, which was the hallmark on this form of art in Russia. We had arrived able to take up the very best of the setand create something of their diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit can only deal with marquetry, these kinds of art require special knowledge and talent. The amount of artists today,capable of create masterpieces away from wood?
- Thus far, the real masters, capable to create masterpieces of wood - one, since this sort of art requires perseverance, attention,knowledge of the different species of trees, the experience of taste, style and ability to post a tree coloured, texture. Specialists, whoare attached to marquetry may be called with the names of everybody that is considered an expert in this instance. Each master their ownstyle, its own personality.
- In terms of today, popular products, produced in the style of marquetry? In fact, these are similar to the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly joined with modern design.
