Blog Posts about modern marquetry

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….

Jeff Nelson's New Rainforest Triptych

Jeff Nelson follows his passion for illustrating natural, architectural and imaginary forms with marquetry by periodically embarking on vision quests to some of the world’s most spectacular locations. He practices the art of ‘seeing’ and rendering natural imagery with a sharp drawing pencil and a palette of natural materials. It’s no coincidence that his home…

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

Trend Spotting – June 2011

The Inlay Arts star is rising in the design world and the design world is partially eclipsing the contemporary art scene. Felix Burrichter’s article “Design Miami-Basel Wrap-Up” shed’s light on this matter.

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…

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…

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…

Hella Jongerius – Jongeriuslab – Swatch Table Edition

Hella Jongerius The Dutch designer-maker HELLA JONGERIUS (1963-) works on the cusp of design, craft, art and technology to fuse traditional and contemporary influences, high tech and low tech, the industrial and artisanal. Born in De Meern in 1963, she studied industrial design at the Eindhoven Design Academy and has since combined elements of that…

William Tunberg – Fine Artist and Creator of Marquetry Sculpture

Creating Marquetry Sculpture “In creating marquetry sculpture, I call upon my lifelong love of assemblage and classical drawing. My materials are exotic natural and dyed veneers that I fragment, assemble, and reassemble, and ultimately laminate over complex sculptural forms of my own devising. I consider the resulting imagery as personal narratives expressed in my own…

More Contemporary Art Marquetry

You will enjoy seeing Trippin’ Up, Jay Stanger’s 1993 piece at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and reading what he has to say about it. His approach opens my mind to studio furniture that playfully integrates function with sculpture in a way that I find enchanting – an unexpected affect……