While I was composing my previous post — “Cartier Asks Marquetry Master Jérôme Boutteçon To Make A Bear” — my friend Greg Zall called to tell me about an amazing French marquetarian whom he read about in an article in Haute Horlogie Magazine by Françoise Lafuma. Lafuma’s article tells the tale of Jérôme Boutteçon’s quest to master his unique…
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The Marquetry and Inlay Arts are often called upon to enhance brands that are already quality leaders of their specialized categories. One such category that I’ve been wanting to do some posts about is fine watchmaking, or Haute Horlogerie. Jérôme Boutteçon has mastered this much-prized art form. I’ll start by doing two posts about his small format high…
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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….
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Last Friday I returned home to the San Francisco Bay Area from a conference in Las Vegas. The cool, moist air off the Pacific felt good after the dryness of the desert. An errand sent me to Berkeley and on the way back I detoured to 4th street for a coffee at Bette’s Cafe and a…
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In March of 2001 I read an excellent article about Paul Schurch in Wood Magazine titled “The Marquetry Magic of Paul Schurch”. I visited with him at his first Santa Barbara studio back in April of 2003 and met him again at the Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings show a couple of years later. We’ve kept in touch…
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