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The art of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known 100's of years ago. However, despite a hundred years, it has not lost its relevance,giving the world the amazing in their beauty products that can beautify the royal chambers. The simple fact the place is now themarquetry for the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of order marquetry pictures.

- Please show just a little with regards to you and exactly how you obtain entered a hard-to-find art form - marquetry.

- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, our kids is certainly creative individuals. According to the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died in the front in 1943 in Leningrad, he was obviously a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and was considered among the masters in the commercial one of the better. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands

My passion for a variety of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it had been interesting. But a really strong impression on me picture I saw, came once to go to a friend. It had been a little operation onRussian folk tales, carved from items of kinds of wood and composed like a mosaic, in one unit. Then I was surprised, whenever you can, using only natural wood with no colors, result in the bet on color and texture to decide on ??? Only years later Ilearned it had become my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone include the years and 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 has evolved or wooden inlay isstill purely available for the elite?

- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia could afford only very wealthy people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and also the court nobility. I do believe that today your situation have not changed. True inlay available remains to be exactly the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified kinds of marquetry, however they are far inferior to manual work. There's no question that theproduct wear stream, will not be the masterpieces in the highest level.

- As you know, the therapy lamp received the very best flowering of art in Europe differs from a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?

- Development of the Russian school of marquetry was closely for this progression of this art in different Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, for me, is because of having less a unified style, a kind of layering, which was the hallmark of this form of art in Russia. We were in a position to absorb good the setand create something of these diversity.

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

- Up to now, the actual masters, able to create masterpieces of wood Body, because this sort of art requires perseverance, attention,understanding of the various species of trees, a feeling of taste, style and ability to post a tree coloured, texture. Specialists, whoare attached to marquetry could be called through the names of everybody that's considered an expert in cases like this. Each master their ownstyle, its personality.

- As much as today, popular products, produced in the style of marquetry? After all, these are much more the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly combined with modern design.