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Dragan Maletin i porodična radionicaDragan Maletin and a family workshop
Iza DM INTARZIJE stoji Dragan Maletin, primenjeni umetnik iz Novog Sada, i njegova porodica. Drvo ga prati od detinjstva: kao dečak se igrao drvetom i pravio razne sitnice, a ta igra je s godinama prerasla u zanat.Behind DM INTARZIJA is Dragan Maletin, an applied artist from Novi Sad, and his family. Wood has been with him since childhood: as a boy he played with it and made all sorts of small things, and over the years that play grew into a craft.
Intarziju je učio sam, gledajući kataloge i stari stilski nameštaj, na kome se ova tehnika najčešće i viđa. Kako sam kaže, tu se sklopilo više stvari: nešto talenta, upornost i ljubav prema drvetu i lepim stvarima.He taught himself marquetry by studying catalogues and old period furniture, where the technique is most often seen. As he puts it, several things came together: some talent, persistence, and a love of wood and beautiful things.
„Ono što ja trenutno radim, to su mogli i stari majstori intarzije ručno da urade. Samo bi to bilo sporo.““What I'm doing now, the old marquetry masters could have done by hand too. It would just have been slow.”Dragan Maletin
Zato je u radionicu uveo računar i laser. Motiv se crta u programu, laser precizno seče furnir, a sve ostalo, od izbora drveta do poslednjeg sloja laka, i dalje rade ruke. Tako i šare koje inače viđamo na tapetama i zavesama mogu da se prenesu na drvo.That's why he brought a computer and a laser into the workshop. The design is drawn in software and the laser cuts the veneer precisely, while everything else, from choosing the wood to the last coat of lacquer, is still done by hand. It means patterns we usually see on wallpaper and curtains can be carried over into wood.
Iz radionice izlaze slike, kutije, satovi i leptir mašne, ali i frontovi za kuhinje i ormare, ploče stolova i logotipi firmi. Jedni dolaze sa idejom za poklon, drugi sa ornamentom sa starog stilskog nameštaja koji žele da ponove na svom, a treći sa logom firme.The workshop makes pictures, boxes, clocks and bow ties, as well as kitchen and cabinet fronts, tabletops and company logos. Some people come with an idea for a gift, others with an ornament from old period furniture they want on their own, and others with their company logo.
Kod porudžbina po meri Dragan ima jedno pravilo: pre pravog rada napravi minijaturu, manji komad, da mušterija vidi kako bi njena ideja izgledala u drvetu. Uz nju odmah predloži šta bi moglo drugačije. Tako znate šta dobijate pre nego što posao počne.For commissions Dragan has one rule: before the real piece, he makes a miniature, a smaller sample, so the client can see how their idea will look in wood. With it he suggests what could be done differently. That way you know what you're getting before the work begins.