Jewelry stone carving art by Anatoly Zhukov

Bust of Carl Faberge. Materials – quartz, malachite, jasper, silver. Metal work by P. Vetrov. Jewelry stone carving art by Anatoly Zhukov

Jewelry stone carving art by Anatoly Zhukov
Among contemporary genres in jewelry and lapidary art stone sculpture depicting busts of historical figures are rare. Such art requires the accuracy and detail of the exterior of a human immortalized in stone. Renowned Yekaterinburg master Anatoly Ivanovich Zhukov has created the series of historical busts in this “rare” stone-cutting art genre.
Yekaterinburg artist stone-cutter, Zhukov is a master of stone-cutting and art restorer of the highest category. He is an Honored lapidary artist, Commander of the Order of AK Denisov-Uralsky, and a member of the Russian Artists’ Union (1995).
The master’s works are kept in museums in Moscow (Russian Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Art) and St. Petersburg (Hermitage). In addition, museums in Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Miass, Orenburg, Krasnoyarsk, Barnaul, Sergiev Posad, Kemerovo, Khanty-Mansiysk, Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region. Also, foreign collections (state and private), as well as private collections in Russia’s cultural elite, including Vladimir Putin, and Dmitry Medvedev.

Quartz cat with carnelian eyes. Work by A. Zhukov

Born in 1956 in Kamensk-Uralsky, Anatoly Zhukov graduated from the Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute, faculty of “Industrial Arts” in 1982.
His creations are very diverse and cover a large number of directions and genres in the art of stone cutting. In short, he is a kind of encyclopedia of stone carving, both in practical and theoretical part. Zhukov works in all directions, including animal figures, floristry, busts, cabinet items, vases, and pedestals. Engaged in restoration, he works alone, occasionally resorting to the help of jewelers.

Anatoly Zhukov at the exhibition of his works

A. Zhukov at the exhibition of his works

Jewelry stone carving art by Anatoly Zhukov

White Sun of the Desert, USSR film. Composition ‘East – a delicate matter …’ (Sukhov). From the series ‘Russian film classic’. 2004. Cacholong, quartzite, jasper, lapis lazuli, marble, dolerite, silver

Anatoly travels a lot (China, Germany, Thailand, Egypt and other countries), which allows the artist to take the best of the art world, and to recognize the place of the Ural stone-cutters in the world cultural space.

Restorer of the highest category, Zhukov participated in the attribution of human figures of Faberge and restoration of objects from the collection of the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve. He is the founder of the new directions: the cinema (the film “White Sun of the Desert”), literary compositions “Chekhoviana” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Chekhov’s birth: “Vanka Zhukov,” “Malice,” and “Chameleon” (2010).

Admiral Kolchak. jasper, quartz, silver

Jewelry stone carving art by Anatoly Zhukov

'Chameleon' composition. From a series of stories by Anton Chekhov. 2009. Lapis lazuli, jasper, quartz, chalcedony, dolerite, marble, granite, silver mosaic

‘Chameleon’ composition on stories by Anton Chekhov. 2009. Lapis lazuli, jasper, quartz, chalcedony, dolerite, marble, granite, silver mosaic

Admiral Makarov. Quartz, jasper, silver. Metalcraft – E. Eremin

Bust of Nikita Demidov. Materials - quartz, malachite, jasper, silver. Jeweller (metal work) P.Vetrov

Bust of Nikita Demidov. Materials – quartz, malachite, jasper, silver. Metal work by P.Vetrov

'Chamber №6' composition. From a series of stories by Anton Chekhov. 2010 Jasper, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, jade, pearl, metal

‘Chamber №6’ composition. On stories by Anton Chekhov. 2010 Jasper, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, jade, pearl, metal

Composition ‘Balbes’ (Yuri Nikulin) from the series ‘Russian film classic’. 2005. Agate, cacholong, jasper, charoite, lapis lazuli, quartz dolerite, jade, chalcedony, marble, quartz, silver, bulk mosaic