PIECES OF BEAUTY MARQUETRY ARTIST FASHIONS INTRICATE CREATIONS FROM BITS OF WELL- CHOSEN WOOD

From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 20, 2004| Author: Debbie Hagan, Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

EASTHAMPTON - There is a good chance you have never heard of Silas Kopf, but you can be sure that if you're looking for contemporary marquetry furniture, his name will be on the short list of artists.

Kopf, 54, is the master of marquetry (pronounced market-tree), the obscure Renaissance art of shaping and arranging wood pieces (and other materials, including brass, abalone, and mother-of-pearl) into a detailed picture or pattern.

An intricate, labor-intensive, and expensive art, ...

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