Art Kaleidoscope

Between art and craft

Self-taught ceramic artist Irina Tyulneva

Angels work hard and when they go to sleep they see dreams .. What angels dream. Clay sculpture by self-taught ceramic artist Irina Tyulneva

Angels work hard and when they go to sleep they see dreams .. What angels dream? Clay sculpture by self-taught ceramic artist Irina Tyulneva

Self-taught ceramic artist Irina Tyulneva
Irina Tyulneva lives in the village of Chervishevo 22 km from Tyumen in a big house full of children, cats and dogs. In a creative world of art she is a beginner. Irina finds inspiration in her surroundings: farmland, river, forest, her children, lullaby at night, cat sitting on the windows, poplars in her street, bench in her garden, the patterns of frost on the non-plastic windows. These simple things so dear to her turn into creativity.
Tyulneva is a mother of three beautiful children – a daughter and two sons. For her, it is important to invest meaning into the work, to engage not only the hearts, but also the thoughts of viewers. The biggest of her work made in clay – the goddess of joy and laughter, as tall as a man.
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Metal compositions by Art jeweler Andrey Avvakumov

Adam and Eve. Inspired by William Morris. Metal compositions by Art jeweler Andrey Avvakumov

Adam and Eve. Inspired by William Morris. Metal compositions by Art jeweler Andrey Avvakumov

Art jeweler Andrey Avvakumov
Born in Moscow in 1967, Avvakumov is the author of awesome pieces of art – very interesting, elegant and unusual. All his works are alive, breathing and fascinating.
The jeweler works not only with noble metals, and brass in his hands gets rich shades of patina. Among his works – rings, brooches, thimbles and charming beads.
Paintings in the metal, some of which are the size of a small book, and some in size and shape resemble detail of Katana – Tsuba. The one, which serves to protect the hand between the blade and handle. Andrey Avvakumov can be seen from time to time at exhibitions in Moscow, and lucky are those who have seen his art works, because the difference between the picture and the real product – a living heat that it permeates.
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Ural stone cutter Dmitry Emelyanenko

Frog. Jasper, eye of quartz, tiger eye. Art by Ural stone cutter Dmitry Emelyanenko

Frog. Jasper, eye of quartz, tiger eye, dolerite. Art by Ural stone cutter Dmitry Emelyanenko

Ural stone cutter Dmitry Emelyanenko
Even in 1981 he knew that stone cutting art would be his way of life, and he entered the local college to study stone cutting art. In the early 1990s, a master stone cutter Dmitry Emelyanenko together with other artists stone cutters organized a small company – “Yakhont and Co”. Their stone cutters worked in the traditional Russian genre, and their business was one of the first in Yekaterinburg in the early 1990s.
However, in the late 1990s, Emelyanenko left the company and organized his own artistic stone-cutting workshop. Since that time, the master stone-cutter became interested in stone-cutting work in the genre of animalism.
While working in his workshop, the artist participated in various art exhibitions – regional, national and international. Emelyanenko received numerous diplomas for creative achievement in the art of stone cutting. Noteworthy, in 2010 the artist was awarded the Order of stone cutter for outstanding achievements in the preservation and development of the best traditions of the Russian stone cutting art.
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Makedonska Ceramic Art

Bird in a tree. Makedonska Ceramic Art

Bird in a tree. Makedonska Ceramic Art

Makedonska Ceramic Art is a family business run by Bulgarian ceramic artists Blagovesta and Aleksandar Makedonsky. The artists have created a gorgeous collection of unique ceramic tiles. Their colorful ceramics – hand painted enameled tiles, wall clocks, figurines and sculptures. They say, ceramics, if not broken, can be stored for thousands of years, and any plate can be a message to eternity!
Makedonska tiles can decorate the kitchen, as the wall plates; the living room as a piece of furniture; the nursery as a panel; and the bathroom as a set for washing. Also, the interior of cafes, clubs and restaurants as an art objects, and so on.
Blagovesta and her husband Alexander live and work in Sofia, and exhibit their artworks throughout Bulgaria and sell their ceramic creations on Etsy.
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Buryat Epic Dolls by Namdakov family

Khan woman. Buryat Epic Dolls by Namdakov family

Khan woman. Buryat Epic Dolls by Namdakov family

Buryat Epic Dolls by Namdakov family
I have already published some articles about the renowned jeweler Dashi Namdakov. No less talented are the other members of his family – his parents, brothers and sisters. All of them are the brightest and original artists. This post is about their unique collection of dolls with the distinctive features of thousand-year-old Buryat heroic epics.
Relatives of Dashi began creating dolls more than 10 years ago, and the first doll appeared in 2005. Total created more than fifty dolls. Sold to private collections, each doll is unique, made by hand, including the patterns on fabrics. The figures are static, but each of them has a certain character and a refined attitude – typical plastic.
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Lesley Richmond Textile Trees

Lesley Richmond Textile Trees

Landscape. Lesley Richmond Textile Trees

Lesley Richmond Textile Trees

Intricate patterns of interlacing branches, treetops, shape and density of the foliage create a special tree architecture. This very architecture has become the main inspiration for the British textile artist Lesley Richmond. She spends some time with her camera in the forest, fully absorbed in communication with the giants of the vegetable world – trees.
Most of the trees in the winter lose their leaves and reveal to her the mystery of their fate. Curlicue trunks and branches are able to tell an experienced observer about the most important stages of the tree life and the conditions in which the tree grows. For Lesley Richmond every detail is important, nothing remains unnoticed. All she has to do after observation – to document the details with a camera, then transfer images onto textile by printing them on cloth; next important step – eliminate the selected background areas, and finally, paint with metal patinas and pigments.
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Siberian artist Albertina Fomchenko

Siberian artist Albertina Fomchenko. Portrait in Russian tradition

Portrait in Russian tradition. Siberian artist Albertina Fomchenko as a Sirin bird

Siberian artist Albertina Fomchenko
Painter and theater artist, Albertina Fomchenko (01.23.1939, Leningrad – 28.01.2010, Novokuznetsk) graduated from Palekh Art School (1957-1962). Her Diploma work was a casket painted on the themes of Russian folk songs. In addition, she graduated from Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (“painter and sculptor of Puppet Theater”) in (1971). The diploma work was the creation of sets and puppets for the play “Forest Song” by Lesya Ukrainka.
Albertina Fomchenko lived and worked in Novokuznetsk from 1975 to 2010. She began participating in exhibitions in 1986, and headed the school of lacquer miniature in the city of Novokuznetsk (1994-1995). She worked in folk art traditions. Many of her paintings include mythological Sirin bird, a symbol of national traditions, and a kind of her talisman.
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