ARYMA's Marquetry Domed Ceiling

ARYMA

Building something new and exciting with Anita Lear'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. 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 build something new and exciting with her legacy. This is how Aryma came to be.




ARYMA's marquetry domed ceiling depicts indigenous birds and flora of the American Southwest

Excerpt from panel with Cardinal

My interview with Howard Sansome

Yesterday morning I spoke with Howard about this story and a couple of recently completed projects, including this domed entry with local birds, butterflies and flora for a client's Arizona residence. The other project, a large four panel marquetry art installation for a super yacht, has just reached the completion stage. Howard will be flying over to the shipyard next week to inspect the finished installation. He expects to have his client's permission to share his high resolution images of these remarkable works of art with MiArtStudio.com when he returns.

Excerpt from panel with Oreole
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I am looking forward to sharing the images for both of these remarkable projects with you. I will install a high resolution viewer at the MiArtStudio.com gallery and link to it from a post on this blog.

We also discussed what's coming up next for Aryma, one of just a few world-class art marquetry studios in the UK.


Follow this link to view more images of ARYMA's domed ceiling project: 

Live Oak Park Fair - A Berkeley Tradition

Jan Etre throws her heart into each art fair that she produces. This is why I enjoy attending her events. Yoshiko Yamamoto is also a loyal fan. She contributes her designs to support Jan's work.

Anita Lear

In July of 2005 I met Anita Lear at the Fair. She was visiting Berkeley with her son Kye. I will write some posts about Anita, her pioneering work with Anita Marquetry and Aryma, and her current projects.

Although I want to tell the whole story, I'm determined to train myself to write quick, imperfect posts - as long as the facts are correct. So I'll write more later...

Here is another example of Yoshiko's art, along with this year's Live Oak Park Fair dates:

The Berkeley Rose Garden

Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13, 2010