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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known many centuries ago. However, even with a century, it has not lost its relevance,giving the planet the spectacular rolling around in its beauty products that will beautify even royal chambers. The fact the place is themarquetry on the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of marquetry pictures.
- Please reveal just a little about yourself and exactly how you receive entered an uncommon talent - marquetry.
- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, my loved ones has long been creative individuals. According to 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 among the masters available one of the better. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My passion for different types of applied art began throughout his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it absolutely was interesting. However a really strong impression on me the image I saw, came once to go to a buddy. It was a small operation onRussian folk tales, carved from bits of different kinds of wood and composed like a mosaic, in a single unit. I then was surprised, as much as possible, using only natural wood with no colors, result in the game of texture and color to choose ??? Only years later Ilearned rrt had been 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 loaded people, today your situation has changed or wooden inlay isstill only accessible on the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia could afford only loaded people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich as well as the court nobility. I do think that today the situation has not changed. True inlay available remains just the elite, butnew technologies let it produce simplified varieties of marquetry, but they're far inferior to manual work. There's no question that theproduct put on stream, won't be the masterpieces of the highest level.
- You know, this area received the greatest 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 progression of this art in numerous Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my view, is due to the lack of a unified style, some sort of layering, that was the hallmark of the form of art in Russia. I was able to take up the very best of the setand create something of their diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit can only handle marquetry, this kind of art require special knowledge and talent. The number of artists today,able to create masterpieces from wood?
- To date, the masters, in a position to create masterpieces of wood - one, simply because this form of art requires perseverance, attention,knowledge of the various varieties of trees, a feeling of taste, style and ability to post a tree coloured, texture. Specialists, whoare attached to marquetry may be called by the names of everybody that's considered a professional in cases like this. Each master their ownstyle, its own personality.
- As much as today, popular products, stated in design for marquetry? After all, they may be similar to the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly joined with modern design.
