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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known 100's of years ago. However, even with century, it has not lost its relevance,giving the globe the astonishing in its bath and body goods that could beautify even royal chambers. The actual fact the best place is now themarquetry about the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of marquetry portraits.
- Please inform us a little about you and the way you will get began in an uncommon form of art - marquetry.
- I used to be born in Sokol, Vologda region, my loved ones is definitely creative individuals. In line with the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died in the front in 1943 in Leningrad, he would have been a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was involved in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and it was considered one of the masters in the business the most effective. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My adoration for various kinds of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it was interesting. But a really strong impression on me the image I saw, came once to check out an associate. It absolutely was a little operation onRussian folk tales, carved from pieces of kinds of wood and composed being a mosaic, in one unit. However was surprised, whenever you can, only using natural wood without the colors, result in the bet on texture and color to select ??? Only years later Ilearned rrt had been my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone will be the many decades is 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 available on the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia can afford only very rich people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich along with the court nobility. I think that today the specific situation hasn't changed. True inlay available is still only the elite, butnew technologies let it produce simplified types of marquetry, but you are far inferior to manual work. No doubt that theproduct wear stream, will not be the masterpieces with the highest level.
- Everbody knows, this area received the very 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 continuing development of this art in numerous Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my view, is due to having less a unified style, a type of layering, that has been the hallmark of the form of art in Russia. We had arrived capable to take in the very best of the setand create something of these diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit is only able to take care of marquetry, this sort of art require special knowledge and talent. How many artists today,in a position to create masterpieces away from wood?
- To date, the masters, capable of create masterpieces of wood Body, since this type of art requires perseverance, attention,knowledge of the many types of trees, a feeling of taste, style and ability to grab a tree coloured, texture. Specialists, whoare keen on marquetry could be called from the names of everybody that's considered a professional in such cases. Each master their ownstyle, its very own personality.
- As much as today, popular products, manufactured in the style of marquetry? After all, they are more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly joined with modern design.
