Blog Posts about Howard Sansome

TRH The Prince of Wales visits ARYMA Marquetry Studio

ARYMA receives a visit from TRH The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall   As part of their annual summer tour of Wales, TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall just visited the specialist marquetry company Aryma in Llandrindod Wells. 'In an age of mass production, Aryma continues to develop and preserve the traditional skills of marquetry and in so doing uphold Britain's reputation for excellence abroad.  We are very proud of what we design and make and are honoured to have the opportunity to welcome Their Royal Highnesses to Aryma.' Howard Sansome During...

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 Christine's Dining Room Table and Sideboard Rodney Black's original perspective "Furniture making at this level without patronage is quite simply impossible unless you are very rich, very gifted and very motivated. These three attributes...

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 Studios, to lead the interior design team. Rodney Black worked very closely with the owners, Irvine and Christine Laidlaw and Royal Van Lent to assemble a formidable team of crafts-based specialists....

Marquetry Superyacht Installation Depicts Iconic Architecture

Howard Sansome announces the completion of ARYMA's latest superyacht installation   I spoke with Howard Sansome, ARYMA's owner, just after he returned from the Royal Van Lent shipyards in Amsterdam, where the new yacht "Lady Christine IV" is currently docked while the interiors, designed and created by Rodney Black Design Studios, are being completed by Royal Van Lent and Feadship's joinery company Van der Loo.   "Our work is about visual impact and adding visual impact to interiors" Howard Sansome   "We recently completed a project for a client's superyacht....

ARYMA’s Marquetry Domed Ceiling

ARYMA Building something new and exciting with ARYMA's marquetry legacy I am looking at a memento  signed "Best wishes - Anita Marquetry - Anita Lear", from Live Oak Park in Berkeley, where I first met Anita Lear on June 12th, 2005. She had just transferred ownership of her marquetry studio, Anita Marquetry, to Howard Sansome, a young businessman with a love for art history and a big vision for the Inlay Arts. A long ways from home and the studio that she had founded back in Wales, she was gaining perspective on that episode and looking forward to seeing Howard Sansome build something new and exciting...