A Limited Edition Marquetry Humidor Collection by LINLEY

David Linley

A Limited Edition Humidor Collection by LINLEY

A rare opportunity for the true Cigar connoisseur, a selection of unique humidors created by LINLEY in association with Hunters and Frankau.

In this post I'll present two limited edition humidors with marquetry, one architectural humidor and a Metropolitan Museum of Art architectural jewelry box.

The London Skyline 

The London Skyline Humidor is a limited edition of five humidors featuring the panoramic skyline of London in marquetry and loaded with Regional Edition cigars. This humidor contains special cigars known as "Regional Editions" produced exclusively for the United Kingdom market.

The London Skyline Humidor

Veneers of cherry, Swiss pear, sycamore, walnut and wenge are used to recreate the city skyline set against a background of Macassar ebony. The humidor contains Spanish cedar drawers with capacity for approximately 70 cigars, and conceals a Cigar Spa humidification system. RRP - £13,350

To view images of the New York Skyline Humidor and the Metropolitan Museum of Art jewelry box, follow this link:

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

William Tunberg - Fine Artist and Creator of Marquetry Sculpture

Creating Marquetry Sculpture 

Five Thoughts 

Marquetry, 2007 

Total area: 91 x 22 x 5 in.

"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 language and mode of communication.

Except for its logistical complexities, my use of this classical technique has little in common with traditional marquetry. As far as I know, marquetry has never before been used in contemporary sculpture. Though the process demands precision and focus, and is fraught with difficulty and frustration, the results are worth all the effort. To my eye, marquetry is unrivaled for sheer beauty, expressiveness, and visual drama."

Quoted from William Tunberg's introduction to his web site

http://williamtunberg.com/index.htm

from the section where he explains about his marquetry sculpture

http://williamtunberg.com/marquetry/marquetry.01.htm

Phoenix
Marquetry
26 x 16 x 5 in.

William Tunberg's academic background is similar to Silas Kopf's in that he first studied Architecture and was drawn into woodworking by way of Sculpture. He received his B.F.A., cum laude, in Architecture in 1964, followed by an M.F.A. in Sculpture in 1965, both from the University of Southern California.

William Tunberg

"When I was 7 or 8 years old, I became fascinated with copying postage stamps. At about 11 or 12, I started copying art work that I found in magazines. My favorite artists at that time were de Chirico, Picasso, and Magritte. Influenced by these masters, I started painting original landscapes of the surrounding areas in Oregon where I lived. However, once I saw my first Ingres, my love for drawing the human form became an irrepressible force in my life.