Blog Posts about Architects and Designers

Cartier Asks Marquetry Master Jérôme Boutteçon To Make A Bear

The Marquetry and Inlay Arts are often called upon to enhance  brands that are already quality leaders of their specialized categories. One such category that I’ve been wanting to do some posts about is fine watchmaking, or Haute Horlogerie. Jérôme Boutteçon has mastered this much-prized art form. I’ll start by doing two posts about his small format high…

The Linley For Bentley With Handcrafted Marquetry Design

LINLEY recently collaborated with Bentley Motors on a limited edition of 10 Continental Flying Spurs. The limited edition CFS models will be sold in China, Bentley’s biggest four-door market. Specially selected Linley veneers in Santos rosewood are being applied to the fascia, consol, waistrail and roof console and integrated within the cars for the first time….

Visit with William Tunberg – Artist

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
St. Francis of Assisi

Rodney Black's Vision

Rodney Black’s comments on Ruhlman and the Lady Christine “The sideboard came after immersion in Ruhlmann’s aesthetic but it a very distinct departure from Ruhlmann’s work which is highly distinctive” explains Rodney Black, “I don’t think there is a better example in the Lady Christine project unless you consider the sofas in the Salon.” Lady…

Trend Spotting The Inlay Arts

Trend Spotting Log Each day I notice inlay arts news items passing by like so many thought trains relating to this or that trend. I’m starting a monthly trend spotting log: I’ll log the topic along with links; jot down a few notes; publish the log at the start of the month and add new items as…

Craig Thibodeau's Art Deco Chess Table

Craig Thibodeau’s Woodworking Vocation Craig Thibodeau grew up around woodworking and enjoyed it as a hobby. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering and started a career in industrial product design. However, after his children were born, his hobby became a home-based vocation and his workshop became a professional studio. To intensify and deepen this…

Art Deco Vision For Lady Christine IV Interiors

Owners Lord and Lady Laidlaw commissioned Feadship companies Royal Van Lent Shipyards and DeVoogt Navel Architects to design and build their new superyacht ‘Lady Christine IV’. Rodney Black Design Studio’s first superyacht commission Lord and Lady Laidlaw commissioned British designer Rodney Black, principal of the renowned architecture, interior design and landscaping firm Rodney Black Design…

Status Of Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth Marquetry Panel

The Cunard Queen Elizabeth foyer panel, designed by David Linley’s design studio and produced by ACE Marquetry is now well under way.     Claire Englefield, the person behind ACE Marquetry, told me that it was the largest single piece of marquetry that she and her team have ever produced. The size was such that…

Status Of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth Marquetry Panel

The Cunard Queen Elizabeth foyer panel, designed by David Linley’s design studio and produced by ACE Marquetry is now well under way.     Claire Englefield, the person behind ACE Marquetry, told me that it was the largest single piece of marquetry that she and her team have ever produced. The size was such that…

Marquetry Artwork Being Prepared For The Queen Elizabeth

  The LINLEY artisans are working to complete David Linley’s Art Deco marquetry art work so that the panels can be shipped to the Fincatieri shipyards in Monfalcone, Italy, where it is to be installed this summer as the centerpiece of the new Queen Elizabeth’s grand lobby.   Video interview with Alistair Greener Watch video…