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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known hundreds of years ago. However, even though one hundred years, they have not lost its relevance,giving the globe the spectacular in the bath and body goods that can beautify even royal chambers. The fact the best place is themarquetry on the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of marquetry pictures.
- Please show a little about yourself and how you obtain entered an uncommon talent - marquetry.
- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, my children has been 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 involved in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and was considered on the list of masters in the commercial the most effective. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My adoration for several types of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it absolutely was interesting. But a really strong impression on me picture I saw, came once to go to a pal. It absolutely was a small operation onRussian folk tales, carved from items of different types of wood and composed being a mosaic, in a single unit. Then I was surprised, whenever you can, only using natural wood minus the colors, result in the bet on texture and color to select ??? Only years later Ilearned it had become my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone include the years and decades is usually to learn this art and master it toperfection.
- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only very wealthy people, today your situation is different or wooden inlay isstill only available to 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 the specific situation has not yet changed. True inlay available remains exactly the elite, butnew technologies allow to produce simplified kinds of marquetry, but you 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.
- As you know, 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 linked to the development of this art in different Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my opinion, is a result of the lack of a unified style, a type of layering, that was the hallmark of the sort of art in Russia. I was in a position to take in the best of the setand create something of the diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit can only cope with marquetry, this sort of art require special knowledge and talent. The amount of artists today,capable to create masterpieces beyond wood?
- Currently, the real masters, able to create masterpieces of wood Body, since this type of art requires perseverance, attention,understanding of the various type of trees, the sense of taste, style and ability to get a tree in color, texture. Specialists, whoare partial to marquetry could be called by the names of everyone who's considered an expert in this instance. Each master their ownstyle, its own personality.
- So far as today, popular products, produced in the perception of marquetry? All things considered, they're much more the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly combined with modern design.
