Russian artist jeweler Timofei Zhuravlev
Russian artist jeweler Timofei Zhuravlev
A member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, Timofei Zhuravlev has been in jewelry business for more than 30 years.
In his work Timofei Zhuravlev continues the tradition of ancient jewelers (Byzantium, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient East) and Russian national heritage.
He is the author of unique pectoral cross and panagias for the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church. And the artist became known for his jewelry artworks of rare beauty and elegance, made in the tradition of gold and silversmiths of ancient Russia.
Zhuravlev participates in the creation of interiors and restoration of Orthodox churches in Russia. He combines fluency in sophisticated technology and multi-faceted jewelry craftsmanship with distinct identities, harmonious and unique design works. Noteworthy, in his works the master jeweler uses old and rare objects of ancient Rome, Greece, and Ancient East collections.
The works of the artist are in private collections both in Russia and abroad.
Russian artist jeweler Timofei Zhuravlev
Above the central composition descent from the Cross, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, the image of Our Saviour. Under the central composition: the Annunciation, the Nativity of Christ, the Trinity, the Mother of God of the Sign, Crucifixion, Resurrection. Reverse side central composition: The image of the Protection of the Mother of God, Entry into Jerusalem, the Ascension of Christ.
Passed from generation to generation, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings have been a fixture of the women’s traditional costume in Russia throughout its history. Precious jewelry has always been a measure of wealth. But, as elsewhere in the world, in Russia they are especially complemented with precious and semiprecious stones, in addition to an aesthetic purpose, served as a talisman, bringing to the owner good luck, health and every favor.
To the most beautiful forms of female ornaments of different nations Russian jewelers brought national character. In particular, favorite earrings – “Lunnitsy” in the form of a stylized crescent looking horns up and decorated with pendants of precious stones, symbolizing the pouring light. Composition “of the moon with a cross” means the continuity of masculine and feminine, as a symbol of marriage.
Work by Russian artist jeweler Timofei Zhuravlev
