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Jewelry stone carving art by Anatoly Zhukov

Carl Faberge

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 is not so much work on the stone sculpture depicting busts or people who were historical figures concerning the recent past. Very important is the accuracy and detail of the exterior of a human immortalized in stone. Remarkable Yekaterinburg master Anatoly Ivanovich Zhukov has created the cycle of historical busts in this “rare” stone-cutting art genre.
Anatoly Zhukov – Yekaterinburg artist stone-cutter and master of stone-cutting art restorer of the highest category. Honored lapidary artist, Commander of the Order of AK Denisov-Uralsky. Member of the Russian Artists’ Union (1995). He is one of the few jewelers who actively cuts stone, finding more and more new treatment methods and new forms.
The master’s works are kept in museums in Moscow (Russian Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Art), St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Miass, Orenburg, Krasnoyarsk, Barnaul, Sergiev Posad, Kemerovo, Khanty-Mansiysk, Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region, in foreign collections (state and private), as well as in private collections in Russia’s cultural elite, including Vladimir Putin, and Dmitry Medvedev.

Quartz cat with coarnelian eyes

Quartz cat with carnelian eyes. Jewelry stone carving art by A. Zhukov

Anatoly Zhukov was born in 1956 in Kamensk-Uralsky. In 1982 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute, faculty of “Industrial Arts”.
Creation of this wonderful Ural master is very diverse and covers a large number of directions and genres in the art of stone cutting. We can say that Anatoly Ivanovich, is a kind of encyclopedia of stone carving, both in practical and in the theoretical part. Zhukov is not confined to “bulk mosaic” (thus in the Urals is called “blocked sculpture”), he works in all directions (animals, floristry, busts, cabinet items, vases, and pedestals). In addition, he is engaged in restoration. He works alone, occasionally resorting to the help of jewelers.

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

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

Number, and most importantly – quality made in recent years is striking. Zhukov – Commander of the Order of Denisov-Uralsky (symbol number 1) of Faberge Memorial Foundation awards. Besides, Anatoly travels a lot, and in this he is close to the family of Faberge. Travel (China, Germany, Thailand, Egypt and other countries) 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.

Admiral Kolchak. jasper, quartz, silver

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

Zhukov is the restorer of the highest category, participated in the attribution of human figures of Faberge and restoration of objects from the collection of the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve. Anatoly Zhukov – 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 Makarov. Quartz, jasper, silver. Metalcraft - E. Eremin

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

Anatoly Zhukov at the exhibition of his works

A. Zhukov at the exhibition of his works

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

Bust of Nikita Demidov. Materials – quartz, malachite, jasper, silver. Jeweler (metal work) 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. From a series of 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

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

Emperor Nicholas II. Quartz, jasper, amethyst, silver Metalcraft - E. Eremin

Emperor Nicholas II. Quartz, jasper, amethyst, silver Metalcraft – E. Eremin

Fish 'Discus''. Quartz, chalcedony brush, silver

Fish ‘Discus”. Quartz, chalcedony brush, silver

General A. Denikin. Quartz, jade, silver, gilding

General A. Denikin. Quartz, jade, silver, gilding

Maksim Gorky. Quartz, Jasper

Maksim Gorky. Quartz, Jasper

MI Kutuzov. Quartz, jasper, silver, gilding

MI Kutuzov. Quartz, jasper, silver, gilding

Pavel Bazhov writer - storyteller. Quartz, malachite, Kalkan jasper, silver

Pavel Bazhov writer – storyteller. Quartz, malachite, Kalkan jasper, silver

Pavel Nakhimov Russian naval officer, Admiral. Quartz, Kalkan jasper, jasper of Orsk, silver

Pavel Nakhimov Russian naval officer, Admiral. Quartz, Kalkan jasper, jasper of Orsk, silver

Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. Smoky quartz, jasper, silver

Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. Smoky quartz, jasper, silver

The king of animals

The king of animals

Victory over the sun

Victory over the sun

Work 'Rabbit' from the permanent exhibition of the Museum of the history of stone-cutting and jewelry art of the Urals

Work ‘Rabbit’ from the permanent exhibition of the Museum of the history of stone-cutting and jewelry art of the Urals

Actor Vladimir Vysotsky as Gleb Zhiglov. 2011

Actor Vladimir Vysotsky as Gleb Zhiglov. 2011

Anatoly Zhukov

Anatoly Zhukov

At the exhibition of artworks

At the exhibition of artworks

'Aurelia' or the memory of the sea. 2019. Smoky Quartz

‘Aurelia’ or the memory of the sea. 2019. Smoky Quartz

Baby Owl. Smoky quartz. 2017

Baby Owl. Smoky quartz. 2017

Cameo 'Portrait of a Woman' on a faceted egg (according to the photo). 2012 Citrine

Cameo ‘Portrait of a Woman’ on a faceted egg (according to the photo). 2012 Citrine

Dog. 2018 Jasper, carnelian, dolerite

Dog. 2018 Jasper, carnelian, dolerite

Gnome. 2019

Gnome. 2019

Gold fish. 1994

Gold fish. 1994

Hippopotamus, 2013 Rhinestone, smoky quartz, carnelian

Hippopotamus, 2013 Rhinestone, smoky quartz, carnelian

Parrot. 2017

Parrot. 2017

Polar bear. 2012. Gangue quartz, rock crystal, smoky quartz, amethyst, morion

Polar bear. 2012. Gangue quartz, rock crystal, smoky quartz, amethyst, morion

Savior', 2012. Rose Quartz

Savior’, 2012. Rose Quartz

The Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin). 2016

The Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin). 2016

A.K. Denisov-Uralsky bust. rock crystal, jasper

A.K. Denisov-Uralsky bust. rock crystal, jasper

Alexander II bust. rock crystal

Alexander II bust. rock crystal

Alexander III bust. rock crystal

Alexander III bust. rock crystal

Catherine II bust. rock crystal

Catherine II bust. rock crystal

Leo Tolstoy bust. silver, rock crystal, jasper

Leo Tolstoy bust. silver, rock crystal, jasper

N.V. Gogol bust. Rock crystal, Jasper, Cubic Zirconia, Silver

N.V. Gogol bust. Rock crystal, Jasper, Cubic Zirconia, Silver

Peter the Great bust. Rock crystal

Peter the Great bust. Rock crystal

sources:
vk.com/minerales
вечерний-екатеринбург.рф
stonecarvers.ru
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