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Joker. Jewellery Design Studio Finix-M, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Russian Jewellery Design Studio ‘Finix-M’ was founded in 1989 in Yekaterinburg. The upscale professionals working in the studio Finix-M use natural precious stones, including rare, of different sizes and cut – beautiful and intriguing sapphires, diamonds, tourmalines, spinel, rubies, and opals. The works of the Ural jewelers have been recognized in Russia and abroad, awarded diplomas at prestigious jewelry art exhibitions. The production of figurine of the Joker (photo above) took a great variety of precious and semi-precious stones. In particular, Moss agate, marbled onyx, coral, Afghan lapis lazuli, Chalcedony, tiger’s eye, different kinds of jasper, Brazilian agate, and also precious Metal: Gold and Silver.
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The Jewel Box Star cluster

The Jewel Box Star cluster. The Jewel Box (NGC 4755 at 7,500 light years) in the Southern Hemisphere is one of the youngest known open clusters, about 20 light years across with 198 stars. The stars from Earth are exceptionally beautiful with colors varying from red and yellow, to the more common blue-white with a number of luminous B-type giant stars and a red super giant star. It is also situated near the dark nebula called the Coal Sack. A planet orbiting one of the member stars would have a night sky blazing in brightness with hundreds of stars brighter than Venus or Jupiter at their most brilliant. Several stars may even exceed the brightness of the full moon if we were close enough. These would appear as a dazzling red and several blue stars. The Jewel Box is one of the finest objects in the southern sky.
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Coffee time. Hot enamel. Decorative art by Tatiana Sipovich

Decorative art by Tatiana Sipovich
Born in 1957, Tatiana Sipovich is a Russian artist of applied art. She graduated from the Kursk pedagogical university, the graphics faculty. Tatiana Sipovich works in the technique of a water color, hot enamel, and painting. She is a permanent participant of regional, republican and international art exhibitions. Also, actively participates in international symposiums on hot enamel. Tatiana Sipovich is a Member of Artists Union of Russia, and the International Association of Fine Arts – IAA UNESCO.
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Easter egg souvenir. Enamel painting by Vyacheslav Abramov. Silver, gilding, enamel, stones – citrine, chrysolite, grenades

Enamel painting by Vyacheslav Abramov. Vyacheslav Abramov is a talented Russian artist, born in 1952, in the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region. In 1978 he graduated from the Rybinsk Aviation Technology Institute, and worked at a plant until 1990. But he never gave up on creativity – was engaged in wood carvings from 1980 to 1992. He has created more than 500 works for the interior decoration. As a woodcarver has participated in amateur and professional exhibitions on the regional level. In 1990 he had become intensely engaged in jewelry business and painting on enamel. First it was the exclusive jewelry, then Easter eggs, and finally – salary for icons. Since 2001 Abramov is a Member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
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Wood Filigree by Vladimir Tsekunov

Filigree by Vladimir Tsekunov
All these beautiful items are made in the technology known under different names – “Belarusian filigree”, “Gomel filigree”, “Sozh filigree,” “Tsekunov filigree”, or simply “Tsekunovka.” The name “Tsekunovka” is the most appropriate and emphasizes the authorship of its creator. According to the craftsmen, nobody else makes the same art things in the world. Gomel wooden filigree was developed and brought to life by a wonderful craftsman from Gomel, Belarusian artist Vladimir Tsekunov. An ancient technique used in the XV century to adorn the icons became forgotten. In 1990 filigree wood master Vladimir Tsekunov revived this art. The talented master died in spring 2008, but he has left not only his masterpieces, but followers, who continue creating filigree decorated plates, boxes, desktop utensils, salaries, frames, table tops, decorative dishes – this is an incomplete list of items that can be decorated with “Tsekunovka”, giving them a unique appearance.
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Egyptian cat. Painted in ‘point-to-point’ technique plate made by Russian artist of applied art Irina. Decorative art by Aira

Decorative art by Aira
Russian artist of applied art Irina (Aira) is from Volgograd. Irina is a skillful master of decoration, her artworks are beautiful – decorative plates, stained glass, jewelry, candles, painting. Her colorful works are made in “Point-to-Point” technique. Whatever she creates, she does it perfectly.
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White parrots. Work by Brazilian artist – Birds carved from precious stones by Peter Muuller

Birds carved from precious stones. Art work by Peter Muuller
All birds are carved from such stones as Aquamarine, Amethyst, Tourmaline, Agate, and etc. Talented stone carver, jeweler and artist Peter Muuller was born in 1952 in Luzern, Switzerland. He lived in several foreign countries and came to Brazil in 1979, where he started the production of bird carvings of precious stones in 1984. Married to Teja Vroom in 1987, they both started to participate in the international fairs in 1990. Peter has the most advanced carving shop in Brazil where he and his crew are always improving the quality of their creations. Nature teaches Peter and his carving-crew to create these beautiful hand-crafted bird carvings out of natural colored precious stones from all over the world.
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Vintage beauty, Gittel Enoyce, American British actress Binnie Barnes (25 May 1913 – 27 July 1998)

American British actress Binnie Barnes
Born in Islington, the district of London, Gertrude Maud Barnes’s father George Barnes was Jewish, a policeman, and her mother Rosa Enoyce, Italian. Prior to her debut in the movie, Binnie Barnes sang in the women’s choir, worked as a nurse, a dancer and participated in vaudeville.
Her acting career began in 1923 and continued until her last role in 1973 in the film “40 carat”. The most famous with her participation was the 1933 film “The Private Life of Henry VIII», where she played Catherine Howard, and the main role in the film played Charles Laughton. After the success of this film Barnes moved to the United States, where she continued her career in the movie, but only in supporting roles.
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Scarlet ibis. Beautiful Scarlet Red Animals

Beautiful Scarlet Red Animals

A typical habitat of Scarlet Ibis is marshy areas and rainy tropical forests of South America, as well as the Caribbean islands. Red or scarlet ibis is a medium-sized bird, most known for its bright color of plumage. Also, it is one of the 2 national birds of the Republic of Trinidad and Tabago.
Traditionally, Red color symbolizes much from love and blood to boldness and sacrifice. Also, red color plays an important role in nature. In particular, such color among animals and plants usually warns others about the danger and calls for the outsiders to stay at a distance. However, people on the contrary most often find plants and animals of red color extremely attractive and try to decorate their homes with it. By the way, red, or “krasny” in Slavic cultures means beautiful.
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