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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known 100's of years ago. However, even after century, it's not lost its relevance,giving the world the astonishing in their beauty items that can beautify even the 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 order marquetry tables.
- Please tell us somewhat about yourself and exactly how you get started in an infrequent form of art - marquetry.
- I became 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 would be a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and it 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 several types of applied art began throughout his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it had been interesting. But a really strong impression on me the picture I saw, came once to see a pal. It had been a little operation onRussian folk tales, carved from bits of different kinds of wood and composed as being a mosaic, in a unit. I quickly was surprised, as much as possible, only using natural wood without the colors, increase the risk for game of texture and color to decide on ??? Only years later Ilearned it's my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone would be the a number of decades is usually to learn this art and master it toperfection.
- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only loaded people, today the problem has evolved or wooden inlay isstill only available on the elite?
- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia meet the expense of only very wealthy people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and the court nobility. I do believe that today the problem has not yet changed. True inlay available continues to be exactly the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified kinds of marquetry, however they are far inferior to manual work. It is obvious that theproduct wear stream, will not be the masterpieces with the highest level.
- You may already know, the therapy lamp received the 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 growth and development of this art in various Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my view, is because of deficiency of a unified style, a type of layering, which has been the hallmark of the type of art in Russia. We were capable to soak up the best of the setand create something of the diversity.
- In tsarist Russia unit is only able to take care of marquetry, this kind of art require special knowledge and talent. The number of artists today,capable of create masterpieces away from wood?
- Up to now, the masters, capable to create masterpieces of wood - one, as this kind of art requires perseverance, attention,familiarity with various types of trees, the sense of taste, style and ability to grab a tree in color, texture. Specialists, whoare partial to marquetry could be called with the names of everyone that's considered an expert in this case. Each master their ownstyle, its very own personality.
- So far as today, popular products, manufactured in the style of marquetry? All things considered, they are more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly combined with modern design.
