Tsekunovka filigree wood art

According to the existing in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra of Moscow State literature, the Reverend Ambrose of Trinity was a carver who worked in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in the XV century. He decorated with wood chips salary of icons and these icons still decorate the Zagorsk Art Museum-Reserve.
Meanwhile, such unique filigree wood art impressed and influenced another talented artist – Vladimir Tsekunov (19 July, 1951 – 01 April, 2008).

The desire to master this fabulous technique, and to bring it back to life made him literally sleepless. And in 1990 this dream came true. Vladimir Tsekunov opened his own workshop, where he started working enthusiastically, and at the same time, shared his knowledge with his students.

Unfortunately, in spring 2008, Vladimir Tsekunov died. However, the master passed the unique technology to his students. So, his disciples continue to create highly artistic works, which today adorn galleries, exhibition halls, museums, private collections and official offices of prominent statesmen, political and religious leaders of the world.

The method of manual decorating has different names – “The Belarusian filigree”, “Gomel Filigree”, “Sozh filigree”, “Tsekunov Filigree”, or simply “Tsekunovka”. Anyway, the name “Tsekunovka” is the most appropriate and emphasizes the authorship of the creator.

In the world nobody else does such unique works. More than that, “Tsekunovka” can rightly be considered the discovery of the twentieth century in the arts and crafts. Boxes, desktop utensils, salaries, frames, table tops, and decorative dishes – just an incomplete list of those items decorated with “Tsekunovka”, giving them a unique appearance. “Tsekunovka” Wizard uses a variety of wood: apple, cherry, plum, chestnut, alder, acacia, ash, hazel, buck-thorn bush, red and lemon tree, ebony, rosewood and many, many others.

Tsekunovka filigree wood art

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