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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known hundreds of years ago. However, even with one hundred years, they have not lost its relevance,giving the world the astounding rolling around in its beauty products that could beautify even the royal chambers. The fact the spot is now themarquetry about the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of marquetry work.
- Please show a bit about you and how you get began in an uncommon art form - marquetry.
- I used to be born in Sokol, Vologda region, my children is definitely creative individuals. In line with the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died at the front in 1943 in Leningrad, he was obviously a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and it was considered among the masters in the industry one of the best. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands
My desire for several types of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it had been interesting. However a really strong impression on me the photo I saw, came once to see a pal. It turned out a small operation onRussian folk tales, carved from components of different types of wood and composed being a mosaic, within a unit. I quickly was surprised, wherever possible, using only natural wood devoid of the colors, result in the bet on texture and color to select ??? Only years later Ilearned it's my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone would be the many decades is always to learn this art and master it toperfection.
- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only very wealthy people, today your situation has changed or wooden inlay isstill purely available to the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia can afford only loaded people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and also the court nobility. I do think that today the specific situation has not yet changed. True inlay available continues to be exactly the elite, butnew technologies let it produce simplified forms of marquetry, but they are far inferior to manual work. There's no question that theproduct put on stream, won't be the masterpieces from the highest level.
- Everbody knows, the therapy lamp received the greatest flowering of art in Europe differs from a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?
- Progression of the Russian school of marquetry was closely associated with the progression of this art in several Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, for me, is due to deficiency of a unified style, a sort of layering, which was the hallmark of this type of art in Russia. We had been capable of take up good the setand create something of the diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit is only able to deal with marquetry, this type of art require special knowledge and talent. What number of artists today,able to create masterpieces out of wood?
- Currently, the masters, capable to create masterpieces of wood Body, simply because this sort of art requires perseverance, attention,understanding of the various type of trees, a feeling of taste, style and ability to get a tree in color, texture. Specialists, whoare fond of marquetry might be called with the names of everybody that is considered an experienced in such cases. Each master their ownstyle, its very own personality.
- As much as today, popular products, manufactured in the perception of marquetry? All things considered, they may be more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly coupled with modern design.
