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The ability of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known hundreds of years ago. However, despite one hundred years, they have not lost its relevance,giving the planet the astonishing in the bath and body goods that could beautify even the royal chambers. The simple fact the best place has become themarquetry on the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of order marquetry panels.

- Please reveal just a little with regards to you and how you will get were only available in a hard-to-find art form - marquetry.

- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, my loved ones has been creative individuals. According to the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died at the front end in 1943 in Leningrad, he was a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and it was considered among the 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 various kinds of applied art began in his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it had been interesting. However a really strong impression on me the image I saw, came once to go to a pal. It was a smaller operation onRussian folk tales, carved from items of different varieties of wood and composed like a mosaic, within a unit. I then was surprised, whenever you can, using only natural wood with no colors, result in the sport of texture and color to decide on ??? Only years later Ilearned rrt had been my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone include the a few years decades would be to learn this art and master it toperfection.

- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only very wealthy people, today the situation changed or wooden inlay isstill only obtainable 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 believe that today the problem has not yet changed. True inlay available is still just the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified kinds of marquetry, however they are far inferior to manual work. There isn't any doubt that theproduct put on stream, should never be the masterpieces in the highest level.

- You may already know, the bradenton area received the best flowering of art in Europe is different than a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?

- Development of the Russian school of marquetry was closely from the progression of this art in several Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my opinion, is because of having less a unified style, a kind of layering, that has been the hallmark of the type of art in Russia. We were capable to take in good the setand create something with their diversity.

- In tsarist Russia unit can only deal with marquetry, this sort of art require special knowledge and talent. How many artists today,able to create masterpieces from wood?

- Currently, the actual masters, in a position to create masterpieces of wood - one, simply because this sort of art requires perseverance, attention,understanding of various type of trees, a feeling of taste, style and talent to get a tree colored, texture. Specialists, whoare keen on marquetry can be called from the names of everyone that's considered a specialist in this instance. Each master their ownstyle, its personality.

- As far as today, popular products, manufactured in the style of marquetry? In fact, they're more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly coupled with modern design.