From the Studio Gallery of Jean-Pierre Straub in St. Martin, French West Indies comes this original Marquetry Inlaid Island Scene. 18.5"x14.4"x1/2". Weight 2 lb 6 oz. Born in Strasbourg in the fifties and was exposed to the art of inlaying wood from a very young age in his father?s workshop . At that time wood inlaying was used essentially to create and restore furniture. Having been immersed in this traditional woodworking skill from his early youth, Jean-Pierre very quickly found the need to diversify and broaden his cr?ative skills so he turned to marquetry art. His undisputable expertise in this field is the result of thirty five years exp?rience combined with his unique talent and wonderful ability to draw, which pervades his composition. He has chosen a Vast s?lection of veneers to work with from all over the world, depending on their qualities..they make up his wood inlayer?s palette. In Jean-Pierres work we find combinations of dark and light myrtle burl the velvet like texture of red madrona , macassar black, ebony , lemon tree wood or silver birch , tulip tree, perobas , rose Wood , sycomore or walnut, but also palissander wood from the West Indies , maple and amboyna burl, French , Australian or African walnut all worked and skillfully incorporated .

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