L’INCONNU × Émile Darras — Marquetry

LX-EDA-001 · FINISHED WORK

Gracht at dusk

2024Marquetry, eleven veneersFramed above the workbench

Eleven veneers and no paint. The water is quartered walnut, cut so the figure runs across the canal like a ripple.

LX-EDA-002 · FINISHED WORK

Oak leaf, quartered

2024Marquetry, oak and walnutBeside the plan chest

One oak leaf laid in four pieces of the same sheet, turned so the grain meets at the vein.

LX-EDA-003 · STUDY

Tower study

2025Pencil and veneer samplesPinned above the plan chest

Drawn from the bridge. Pencil first; the veneer samples pinned beside it are the ones he will try.

THE CITY IN WOOD

The plan chest

Shallow drawers, one panel to a drawer: the cut pieces, numbered on the back, waiting to be laid.

LX-EDA-004 · FINISHED WORK

Great leaf

2025Marquetry, pear on bog oakThe far wall, by the doorway

Pear on bog oak. The darkest wood in the room is five thousand years old, lifted from a peat bed.

LX-EDA-005 · IN THE MAKING

Cabinet for the House

2025Oak carcass, marquetry doorsThe doorway, under the lamp

An oak cabinet with two marquetry doors. It leaves the atelier when the doors come out of the press.