A bear with a bottle. Set for vodka (left), and tea pots. Beautiful Gzhel ceramics by Sergei Karpukhin
Gzhel ceramics by Sergei Karpukhin
Traditional folk art in Russia, Gzhel got its name from the village of Gzhel. The village, where blue pottery has been produced since the 14th century. These beautiful Gzhel sculptures and dishes were made by a talented craftsman Sergei Karpukhin. They say, talented people are talented in everything. And this is just about him – a director, producer, artist, and architect. Sergei Karpukhin was born in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. He graduated from Krasnoyarsk Institute of Art, then the Moscow architectural Institute, and, finally, the Higher producer courses of Moscow Institute of Cinematography. Sergei is a member of the Union of Moscow architects, the Union of artists of Russia, and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. In addition, he is a laureate of the cinematography prize “NIKA”.
Candlestick ‘Of Nikolai Gogol’ (left), the sculpture of the blacksmith Vakula and Oksana (right), main characters of the tale by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol “On the Christmas Eve’ (‘The Night Before Christmas’). From his collection ‘Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka’
Beautiful decorative plate ‘Flirting’. Gzhel ceramics‘The Kiss of the night’The Cathedral. Decorative plate
Gzhel ceramics by Sergei Karpukhin
A set of tea-pots ‘Matryoshka’A set of plates ‘Sunflower’ (flowers)Sunflower. A set of platesCasket ‘Hot Kiss’Caviar Dish ‘Pike’Damask ‘Gallant Knight’An elephantBeautiful Gzhel figurines handmadeCharacters of Nikolai Gogol’s ‘The Night Before Christmas’Inspired by Nikolay Gogol. ‘The Night Before Christmas’‘The Night Before Christmas’ on Nikolai Gogol’s talesspoons‘Gzhel Madonna’ (left), ‘Snow horse’‘Fish-Cat’ Jewelry BoxJewelry box ‘Rejuvenating Apple’Lamps – characters of Nikolai Gogol’s ‘The Night Before Christmas’Napkin Holder ‘Pike’Pancake dish ‘Sunflower’Pickle dish ‘Pike life’Pitcher ‘Milk shower’‘The Sun’, Porcelain cutting boardPorcelain cutting board ‘Sunflower’‘Dachshund’‘Goose thief’‘Love’‘Nightingale robber’‘Oriental carpet’‘To the hunt’ Gzhel ceramics sculpture. Artist Sergei Karpukhin‘Wood Grouse’‘Children in winter’Sculptural composition ‘Children in winter’‘The Hunter’ and ‘The fisherman’‘Evening bells’. Set for vodkaHappy family. Spice setSpice set ‘merchant’‘The mill’