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Lath art is a form ofwoodworkingfolk art for making rustic pictures out of strips out of old "lath" from "plaster and lath" walls.[1] Today it is commonly made from lattice, lumber stickers andweatheredlobster traps. Beach scenes and rural scenes are the most popular themes.
Lath art has a lot in common withmarquetry andintarsia. They are all woodworking hobbies to make pictures out of sections of wood, but marquetry and intarsia use the wood grain as a design element, and lath art uses the direction of thelath stick and the colors of the stains as a design element.
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