Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures

Nguyen Trung Ky from Ho Chi Minh City has spent his life promoting marquetry. The artist has used this foreign art style to create gorgeous pictures about Vietnam.
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 1With a strong love for marquetry plus his patience and tireless efforts, Ky has finally mastered the art and become an important marquetry artist in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 2To create a marquetry picture involves many stages, including sketching the picture; selecting a suitable veneer; cutting the veneer into details of the picture and applying them to the sketch (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 3Ky has been working for over 40 years with marquetry pictures (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 4After the picture is sketched, its details are cut out with a knife (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 5Ky has to collect books and articles about the art from abroad and online (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 6The themes of Ky’s marquetry pictures are diverse, but a large part of them is about the natural scenery and people of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 7(Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 8(Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 9Ky’s pieces of art are now popular in tourist sites nationwide. They are also exported to Europe with the intent of “showing the beauty of Vietnam to the world (Photo: VNA)
Artist shows Vietnamese spirit in marquetry pictures ảnh 10(Photo: VNA)
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