Marquetry Superyacht Installation Depicts Iconic Architecture

Howard Sansome announces the completion of ARYMA's latest superyacht installation 

ARYMA's Superyacht Installation
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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. 

   

  The Taj Mahal

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"Our work is about visual impact and adding visual impact to interiors"

Detail of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul
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"We recently completed a project for a client's superyacht. I've just been supervising the final installation of several large marquetry panels." Explained Howard, "A high level of detail was the brief from the client. There are architectural, iconic buildings that everyone will recognize and just say - what, are you kidding me - that's made of wood?"

First Panel of Superyacht Set
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Central Panel of Superyacht Set
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Right Panel of Superyacht Set
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"Completing this set of large scale marquetry panels to such a high standard is an incredible achievement given the level of detail our client required. We are immensely proud of the part we have played in delivering this vision."

Lady Christine's front entry

Architectural wonders of the world triptych

David J. Marks - Marquetry Innovator and Teacher

David J. Marks Designer Craftsman 

David J. Marks

Artist's Statement

 "My work expresses a sense of time and mystery. My inspiration is derived from a fusion of styles including ancient Egyptian, African, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Asian. But essential to all my designs is the attention I pay to fine details.
 After studying art at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, I moved to Santa Rosa and began working in cabinet and furniture shops during the 1970s. In 1981, I opened my own Santa Rosa studio and built one-of-a-kind furniture throughout the 1980s. In the 90s, my focus shifted towards wood turning and sculpture."Today, besides my continued work in fine woodworking, I am interested in 
 patination.The patina finish that is a trademark of my work, is a hybrid I’ve developed over the last decade. It combines painting, gilding (metal leafing), chemical patinas, and lacquering techniques. The complex layers result in something that gives the appearance of a faux, ancient, petrified stone quality."

Sculptural Inlay Art

Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel are Studio Job

Meet Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel

Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets

Interview with Studio Job 

Studio Job website: http://www.studiojob.nl/

E mail:  office@studiojob.nl

About Studio Job

A quote from the Bavaria Collection catalog written by Jane Withers : 

"Graduates of the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Job Smeets (b.1970, Belgium) and Nynke Tynagel (b. 1977, the Netherlands), who both live as well as work together, form Studio Job. Having met in 1996 in Eindhoven - she beginning her studies in graphic design and he having just graduated in three-dimensional design – Mr. Smeets proceeded to open Studio Job in 1998 in Antwerp, joined by Ms. Tynagel in 2000, following her graduation. Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel are Studio Job. The dutch couple started working together after graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2000. In the beginning they were often criticised for their expressionistic symbolism, nowadays the designers are in great demand for the same reason. We met them in Milan where they presented the Farm collection, which plays homage to their Dutch homeland including stable tools found in farms such as milk pitchers, pails, spades, forks, cooking pots and frying pans cast in bronze; and their giant Globe for Swarovski's Crystal Palace."

Bavaria Collection

The Bavaria Collection was designed by Studio Job for Moss. 

Bavaria Collection catalog PDF: http://www.janewithers.com/pdfs/Bavaria-Miami-Catalog.pdf

'Bavaria' Collection