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Agnes
GCZ 002 The beautiful woman stares out from this intricate piece of marquetry. Her hair is dark against the background and her lips are red.
MARQUETRY, or wood decorative artistry, is considered to be one of the most difficult arts. Besides unrepeatable skills, it requires patience, engagement, and unprecedented precision from a craftsman. A beautiful item of marquetry is the fruit of a long and detailed process of picking, cutting, placing, and gluing which takes a long time. In a traditional technique, different design elements are cut separately in an attempt to reduce a gap left by a knife’s blade. As a result, perfectly fit together pieces show no visible signs of insertions and blending together, they create one solid surface
Wood Marquetry
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