I am tweeting on Twitter to share with people exeptional marquetry from some of my favorite artists here with pictures of their works: http://twitter.com/AmazonCanvas I plan to design a bear in marquetry on a smaller watch than what is shown from Cartier soon, just for fun Updated to fix link This m
The size of the dial is not small enough to be a factor in this case. It is the design of the shapes of the cutouts. I prefer cutting just the right number of shapes and let the natural textures and shadings of the wood veneers do the rest.
I love marquetry, in fact I create artworks with wood too, but Cartier, in my opinion, did not design the bear to look natural as it is a rendition from natural wood. The shape of the pieces of wood do not blend together well enough to create smooth transition between different wood species. I am so