Handmade Jewelry Boxes Ideal for Your Jewelry Collection
Marquetry embellished handmade jewelry boxes are not only beautiful, but also very useful. Using thin slivers of various materials like wood and metal, marquetry is able to create a picture or pattern that adds a unique identity to anything. With its intricate design and procedure, only a craftsman with extensive experience in the art will be able to produce a masterpiece.
It was in 16th century Italy that marquetry found its roots, but it has since been discovered by French kings who used it to decorate their furniture and Arab nations who weaved it into their culture. Opera de Commessi was the inspiration for marquetry. Since the 1980s, a technique called piercing that was made by Remy Vriez has been used by marquetry artisans and in the 2000s, the laser cutting that uses CAD software to produce veneer pieces is being propagated for its ease of use.
Marquetry artisans make use of different materials in making their masterpiece to come up with a beautiful product. Commonly used materials are wood, pewter and ivory, but metal and bone are slowly gaining popularity.
Also known as parawood, rubber wood is from the Para rubber tree. This Euphorbiaceae family member is a great source of latex that is used by the rubber industry from the early times to the present. Despite its name, its strong and durable characteristic is the main reason why furniture makers prefer to use it in their production.
After producing latex for several years, rubber trees are cut down once they stop doing so to make their wood useful in other things. This is what makes rubber wood eco-friendly. It is the rubber wood’s sustainability that makes it the most preferred material among nature lovers.
Having very little shrinkage and a smooth finish are the other features of rubber wood. Rubber wood’s lighter grains enable the finished product to stain well and require less maintenance.
Wooden jewelry boxes and furniture will really be a hit if it is made from rubber wood, due to the aforementioned reasons. The latex-producing rubber wood might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of beautiful materials. Jewelry boxes made from it and embellished with marquetry will prove everybody wrong that rubber wood can only produce latex.
This article was written by Shama Khan and Ryan Monton of MarqART Gift Shop. Our jewelry boxes feature evocative wood art designs, created from unique wood grain patterns and colors. A fine addition to your dressing table or as a gift. Please visit http://www.marqartgiftshop.com to browse & buy exotic jewelry boxes that will give you a lifetime of pleasure!
