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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known generations ago. However, even though a hundred years, they have not lost its relevance,giving the entire world the spectacular rolling around in its beauty items that can beautify even the royal chambers. The actual fact the best place is now themarquetry around the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of marquetry work.
- Please show a bit about you and exactly how you get entered a rare talent - marquetry.
- I had been born in Sokol, Vologda region, my loved ones has long been creative individuals. Based on the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died at the front in 1943 in Leningrad, he would have been a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and was considered one of the masters available 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 absolutely was interesting. However a really strong impression on me the picture I saw, came once to check out a friend. It was a small operation onRussian folk tales, carved from components of different types of wood and composed as being a mosaic, in one unit. I quickly was surprised, whenever possible, only using natural wood without the colors, make the bet on texture and color to pick ??? Only years later Ilearned that it was my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone will be 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 problem is different or wooden inlay isstill only obtainable for the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia can afford only very rich people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and also the court nobility. I do believe that today your situation has not yet 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 isn't any doubt that theproduct put on stream, should never be the masterpieces of the highest level.
- You may already know, this area received the best flowering of art in Europe is different than a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?
- Progression of the Russian school of marquetry was closely for this development of this art in numerous Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my opinion, is caused by the possible lack of a unified style, some sort of layering, that has been the hallmark of this form of art in Russia. I was capable of take in the very best of the setand create something of the diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit can only cope with marquetry, these kinds of art require special knowledge and talent. What number of artists today,capable of create masterpieces beyond wood?
- To date, the real masters, able to create masterpieces of wood - one, simply because this form of art requires perseverance, attention,knowledge of the various species of trees, a feeling of taste, style and talent to post a tree coloured, texture. Specialists, whoare partial to marquetry could be called from the names of everyone that's considered an expert in such cases. Each master their ownstyle, its very own personality.
- In terms of today, popular products, made in the perception of marquetry? In fact, they may be similar to the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly combined with modern design.
